Ecosystem services assessment in selected agricultural lands in Kandy, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya districts of Sri Lanka

FAO, IUCN

Ecosystem services assessment in selected agricultural lands in Kandy, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya districts of Sri Lanka

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Colombo, Sri Lanka ;

Pages 94 p.

Author FAO, IUCN

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-134370-8

Edition 1

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To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cb4567en

Synopsis (short abstract) The Rehabilitation of Degraded Agricultural Lands (RDAL) project by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), in partnership with the Government of Sri Lanka through the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment (MMDE), aims to encourage the use of sustainable land management practices in agricultural lands in the central highlands of Sri Lanka. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s role in this project involves developing innovative financing mechanisms to promote Sustainable Land Management (SLM). In order to achieve this, IUCN has formulated an approach which is laid out in this report the Ecosystem Services Assessment in Selected Agricultural Lands in Kandy, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya Districts of Sri Lanka The objective of this report is to assess the ecosystem services of agricultural landscapes in the three districts (project area) Kandy, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya. By identifying the ecosystem services generated and assessing current land management practices. A rapid assessment was conducted to assess the adoption of sustainable land management practices of four agricultural land use types, identify and map the associated ecosystem services, and utilize existing frameworks and databases to quantify the ecosystem service values. A generalized valuation highlights that these ecosystem services have significant value for both society and for farmers and landowners. Therefore, identifying and implementing mechanisms to encourage farmers to adopt sustainable land management practices on their farmlands can generate both private and public values.

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FAO and IUCN. 2021. Ecosystem services assessment in selected agricultural lands in Kandy, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya districts of Sri Lanka. Colombo, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb4567en

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