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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… recharge, maintenance of base flows) • Natural hazard mitigation (e.g. flood prevention, peak flow reduction, … in the watershed (e.g. grassland, forest, river, wetland, or lake) in detail, and to then map the spatial … the appropriate flow regime to maintain a downstream wetland that supports a subsistence, commercial or …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… impact on ecosystem services elsewhere and thus faces a mitigation obligation im- posed by statutory law. While no … the United States’ Clean Water Act introduces a so-called wetland mitigation banking scheme. The Clean Water Act … third-party entity to do it for them. In other words, the wetland mitigation banking scheme al- lows developers to meet …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… is presented on how forest resources contribute to poverty mitigation, e.g. by acting as subsistence safety nets or … and institutional scales. A case study of a Dutch wetland is offered to illustrate the importance of … Skutsch, M. 2006. Community forest management as a carbon mitigation options: case studies. CIFOR. This book presents …