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| Submission |
| ID |
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31685 |
| Submitting Entity |
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IUCN The World Conservation Union |
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| Main Information |
| Title |
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Establishing Payments for Watershed Services |
| Description |
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Water as a good, a service or a right, is more and more frequently put forward as a major
challenge in our globalised world. We are putting our water resources under increasing pressure
and we need to address how we deal with this extra stress on our environment. When we add
our desire for social equity, economic yield and environmental accountability – the problem
becomes extremely complex.
To pay or to compensate for environmental services – how to do this and who has to do it –
is not yet fully incorporated into the present models of water management. Today we urgently
need new and innovative ideas, tools and ways of working to finance the protection of our
water resources. We need to obtain positive, sustainable results which guarantee effective, environmental
management of water supplies.
This guide attempts to define a roadmap for the creation of economic mechanisms and tools
that relate development to conservation, agricultural and industrial production, and the increasing
urbanization of our landscapes. |
| Web Link |
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/doc/case-studies/inc/cs-inc-watershed-en.pdf |
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| Additional Information |
| Authors |
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Mark Smith, Dolf de Groot, Ger Bergkamp |
| Ecosystems |
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Inland Waters Biodiversity |
| Regions |
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Global |
| Incentive Measures |
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Positive Incentives (subsidies, tax breaks, ...) |
| Keywords |
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Conservation payments
Voluntary approaches
Support payment |
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