Watershed-based payment for environmental services in Asia

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Date

2007

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Blacksburg, VA: SANREM CRSP, OIRED, Virginia Tech

Abstract

Few 'mature' PES programs actually exist in Asia. While premature to conclude just how effective these schemes are, this assessment provides an overview of the lessons learned and best practices of watershed-based PES programs emerging in Asia to date.

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Environmental services, Payments for environmental services, Watershed management, Poverty, PES, Asia, Command-and-control principle, Conditionality, Payments for Watershed Services (PWS), Watershed

Citation

SANREM CRSP Working Paper No. 06-07