The Impacts of Payments for Watershed Services in Ecuador: Emerging lessons from Pimampiro and Cuenca

dc.contributor.authorEchavarria, M.en
dc.contributor.authorVogel, J.en
dc.contributor.authorAlbán, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMeneses, F.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialPimampiroen
dc.coverage.spatialCuencaen
dc.coverage.spatialEcuadoren
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:38Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:38Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.description.abstractPayments for environmental services (PES) is a topic of increasing interest in Ecuador, particularly as a way to leverage funding for environmental protection. Payments systems are emerging, but as Ecuador's experience of PES is only recent, the implications for national and local welfare are not yet clear. Thus, the objective of this study was to provide guidance in order to ensure that policies support payments systems that are beneficial to the poor, as well as to the environment. This report focuses on two case studies - Pimampiro and Cuenca. The report recommends inter alia that further understanding of the hydrological functions provided by particular ecosystems is needed, further information is required on the value of watershed services, a tax managed by the municipalities should be levied on water for agricultural use based on consumption, and that household surveys may not be the most effective way to gather information to evaluate social impacts of a compensation mechanism.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier2423en
dc.identifier.citationMarkets for Environmental Services 04en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84369-484-7 (formerly 1-84369-484-0)en
dc.identifier.other2423_9285IIED.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66916en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/9285IIED.pdfen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=9285IIED&n=6&l=10&s=MESen
dc.rightsThe material in this report may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes provided full credit is given to the authors and to IIED.en
dc.subjectSocial impactsen
dc.subjectWater managementen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectMarketsen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectWater qualityen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectWater useen
dc.subjectWatershed servicesen
dc.subjectHydrological servicesen
dc.subjectEcuadoren
dc.subjectCompensation mechanismsen
dc.subjectHousehold surveyen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleThe Impacts of Payments for Watershed Services in Ecuador: Emerging lessons from Pimampiro and Cuencaen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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