Payments for Ecosystems Services-Freshwater/Payments for Watershed Services (PWS)
2011/9 Modeling and Managing Watersheds Workshop/Training (Kigali, Rwanda)
September 13 - 16, 2011, Kigali, Rwanda - Umubano Hotel, Boulevard de l'umuganda.
Beyond Carbon: Water Markets and Biodiversity (Portuguese)
Ecosystem Marketplace Insights Booklet on biodiversity and water PES markets.
Case Study: Fair Compensation for Hydrological Services Project - Equitable payments for watershed services: Reducing poverty and promoting conservation
Handout of case study presented by José Aquino and Miguel Martinez, WWF, at the Regional Workshop on Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services, August 9-13, 2010 in La Ceiba, Honduras.
Challenges to Establishing Payments for Ecosystem Services in Gabon: A Case study of the Mbé River Basin
WCS is working with the Government of Gabon on a new Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) initiative to secure long-term protection of the high conservation value of the Mbé watershed in Gabon.
Compensation in Brazil Redistributing federal taxes for stewardship of protected areas through the ICMS ecologico
Compensation in Brazil Redistributing federal taxes for stewardship of protected areas through the ICMS ecologico .
Ecosystem Marketplace-State of Watershed Payments
A global research effort conducted by Ecosystem Marketplace identified a total of approximately 288 payments for watershed services (PWS) and water quality trading (WQT) programs in varying stages of activity over the past 30 years.
Fostering Ecosystem Services in the Danube Basin
The One Europe More Nature (OEMN) initiative was created in 2003 to promote integrated river basin management (IRBM) in order to restore floodplains and stimulate sustainable rural development in the region.
Impacts of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Deforestation in Mexico: Preliminary Lessons for REDD
Tenure Brief, NO.
Joint CARE WWF Scheme: Equitable Payments for Watershed Services, Tanzania, Africa
In an effort to bridge development and conservation, CARE/WWF have formed a joint partnership, exclusively establishing the first corporate framework supporting Payments for Watershed Services (PWS).
La Aguada and the Siembra del Agua Project. Addressing social and environmental problems with payments for ecosystem service in Bolivia
La Aguada and the Siembra del Agua Project.
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks (IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 78)
Supplementary material by Thomas Greiber (Ed), IUCN and the Katoomba Group for Forest Trend's Payments for Ecosystem Services Training Modules and Resources.
Payments for Watershed Services Maintaining natural forest cover and ensuring clean water supplies with payments for ecosystem services in Ecuador
Payments for Watershed Services Maintaining natural forest cover and ensuring clean water supplies with payments for ecosystem services in Ecuador .
PES Bundling in Forest Communities: Watershed Management and Carbon Offsetting, Pico Bonito, Honduras
The Earth Institute Brief on the Pico Bonito community initiatives which strive to accomplish: 1) the stimulation of local economies; 2) community‐level conservation; 3) promotion of sustainable livelihoods; and 4) community‐ level management and empowerment.
Proceedings: Modeling and Managing Watersheds Workshop
The Wildlife Conservation Society and the United States Forest Service jointly hosted a workshop on ―Modeling and Managing Watersheds‖ that was held in Kigali, Rwanda on September 13-16, 2011 with support from the United States Agency for International Development and the United States Forest Service.
Rewarding Upland Poor for Ecosystem Services in Indonesia
RUPES (Rewarding Upland Poor for Environmental Services) works with the hydropower producer and Nagaris to draw attention to the land use changes caused by the degradation of the lake’s resources, and to create incentives that will curtail these land use changes and facilitate the development of an appropriate land use management framework .
Sasumua Water Treatment Plant. Private payments to local farmers for improved water quality using payments for ecosystem services in Kenya
Sasumua Water Treatment Plant.
Sustainable Resource Management. Payments to local communities in Malawi are providing a self-sustaining management system promoting ecological viability for Lake Chilwa
Sustainable Resource Management.
