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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… 99 6.3.3 Compensation system for ecological construction for the … improving land-use planning administration, ecological compensation and the natural reserve system; closing forests … tenure; land-use rights; gender rights and market access; compensation measures for grassland closure; and 21 For full …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… re-allocation of the resource. A key legal issue is the compensation of existing, legitimate water abstraction (and … abstractions can be scaled down by the government, without compensation, to protect a water-dependent ecosystem; under … others, protect and restore water-dependent ecosystems. Compensation is not mentioned; under the Water Act of Namibia …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… services – for a particular period of time in exchange for compensation to be paid by the other, this will not require a … recognition of water-related ecosystem services and their compensation can be found in different legal texts at … law has been proposed to define, regulate and promote compensation for ecosystem services. Its adoption, however, …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… so strong, another approach is for the government to pay compensation for the effect of restrictions which it imposes … in regulating its future development without having to pay compensation. This includes not only urban and industrial … connectivity conservation, without at least providing compensation. At the same time, it would appear legitimate to …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… Offsets Programme CDM Clean Development Mechanism CES Compensation for Ecosystem Services CGD Computable General … CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research CRES Compensation and Reward mechanisms for Ecosystem Services … evaluates the effectiveness of the European financial compensation scheme for conservation – which is directed …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… safeguards in the design of the project, or providing compensation for adverse impacts), and finally to derive … as well as restoration or rehabilitation of sites), and compensation (often associated with residual impacts after … approach’ should be used, where avoidance has priority and compensation is used as a last resort measure. One should …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… the inevitable questions of whether, how and by whom compensation might be payable when water rights are varied, … users is also described. Module 4. Economics. The compensation costs of each scenario for common-property users … costs of engineering environmental flows; • payments or compensation to out-of-stream end users that must cut back …
Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam
… implementation of Decree No. 197/2004/ND-CP, 03/12/2004 on compensation, support and resettlement when land is recovered … implementation of Decree No. 197/2004/ND-CP, 03/12/2004 on compensation, support and resettlement when land is recovered …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… from 2009 to 2012 farmers did not need to apply for compensation for damaged agricultural lands or reduction in … produce (FAO, 2013). Since 1996, local municipal compensation is also available for farmers with rice paddies … water in the rice paddies during the winter season. This compensation scheme attracted the national government’s …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… can be ascertained. People’s willingness to pay or accept compensation for loss of ecosystem values Ecosystem values … goods and services or their willingness to accept compensation for their loss. More complex methods that … lost due to management interventions, and helps identify compensation measures. In other cases, it may lead to …