Echavarria, M.2016-04-192016-04-192005Presented at the WWF Workshop: The Prospects of PES in Europe, Sofia, Bulgaria, 19-20 October 20052414_pes_in_latin_america.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66908This presentation describes several experiences with payments for environmental services from Latin America, including water payments in Quito, Ecuador, that are used to conserve the mountain areas from which the city draws most of its water. The profiled projects are:application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightParticipatory processesCarbon sequestrationWater managementPayments for environmental servicesBioreservesEnvironmental servicesWaterAssociationsCommunity participationWater qualityWatershed managementWater useEcuadorColombiaFonagWater user associationWillingness to payPresentation