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… be clearly stated and the potential economic, social, health and environmental impacts should be assessed. The … areas and wetlands. 15 These ecosystems support plant and animal biodiversity, but also provide goods and services that … to help ensure water quality downstream, reducing public health risks and costs of chlorination. Stakeholders …

… CBD defines an “ecosystem” as “a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living … population naturally occurs”. The relevance of ecosystem health to water resources availability has been repeatedly …

… these services are valued and linked to markets, ecosystem health can become a col- lective interest for upstream … 2007). Thus, the market can be harnessed to improve the health of upstream and downstream ecosystems, generating … situations of scarcity, the priority for use is human and animal consumption. IV. The management of water resources …