2016-04-192016-04-192007-07-30http://hdl.handle.net/10919/67024Metadata only recordA Honduran pilot project illustrates how targeting and the use of more precise proxies can be used to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of a PES system. Approximately 1,000 families in two watersheds in the municipality of Copán Ruinas, Honduras (or Copán), get their drinking water from three local rivers: El Malcote, El Escondido, and Don Cristóbal. The quality and quantity of this drinking water is lessened by human activities such as illegal logging, fires, the application of agrochemicals, and unsustainable agricultural land uses more generally. A PES program is being developed to mitigate these impacts.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightPayments for environmental servicesSurface waterTropical zonesWaterWater qualityWater useRiparian ecosystemsHondurasPESField Scale WatershedAbstract