ETAPACajas NP Municipal Corporation2016-04-192016-04-192006-11-06http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66349Metadata only recordThe municipal water company ETAPA achieved an initial user fee of 1% on the gross water bill of its customers along with tourism entrance fees. This money went to their "environmental unit" and was used to purchase 3 forest and paramo grassland areas in the buffer zone of El Cajas NP. All conservation and watershed protection activities are carried out by the Cajas NP Municipal Corporation, which was created by ETAPAapplication/pdfen-USIn CopyrightWater policyWater managementPayments for environmental servicesWater useForest ecosystemsWater qualityWatershed managementWater pollutionUser feesTourism entrance feeAbstract