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Water for Life and Sustainability Water Fund Cauca Valley, Southwestern Colombia

Case studies on Remuneration of Positive Externalities (RPE)/ Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Prepared for the Multi-stakeholder dialogue 12-13 September 2013 FAO, Rome

Year of publication 2014

Pages 6p.

Author Veiga, F.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Cauca Valley is Colombia’s largest sugarcane-producing region. Irrigation demands, combined with the needs of a growing population, of around 1.2 million living in five cities, have led to increased water scarcity in the region. As in many other Andean regions, use of the upper watersheds for cattle grazing and small-plot farming has led to altered water supplies, increased erosion and landslides, diminishing water quality and created new challenges for irrigation. TNC's innovative Water Fun d aims to secure freshwater supply by compensating upstream farmers to conserve or restore watershed headwaters.

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