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Watersheds
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Working with nature to manage water resources in a changing climate
Experiences from South Africa and Uganda highlight how incorporating a watershed approach into the design and implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation activities can help us preserve one of our most treasured resources in a changing climate
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Who will pay for ecosystem services?
Payments for ecosystem services have the potential to promote healthier ecosystems and fairer deals for smallholders. This is all very good, but where will the money for such schemes come from?
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Payments for ecosystem services: Costa Rica’s recipe
Costa Rica has adopted a mix of economic and regulatory policies to protect its forests – the eclectic mix of ingredients could be judged a recipe for success.
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Will Payments for Watershed Services fuel the protection of ecosystem services?
It’s easier to prevent pollution harnessing the forces of nature than to clean up the mess with costly technology. Is there a solution at hand?
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Nature has values, and markets can be governed
The environmental community has been rightly wary of markets. But payments for environmental services can play a role in protecting nature, so long as governments guide, govern and regulate such markets.
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Developing markets for watershed services
The services that watersheds provide – such as quantity and quality of water – are decreasing, yet demand for these services is increasing. Can market mechanisms help to increase these services by offering incentives for improved land use in catchment areas? Can mechanisms also bring benefits to poor people living in those catchments such that their livelihoods are enhanced? This project addressed some of these critical questions.
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Markets for environmental services case studies
This project explored how market-based approaches to environmental management can help reduce poverty, as well as satisfying economic and environmental aims
