Related items
Showing items related by metadata.
-
ProjectEquitable payments for watershed services: Financing conservation and development in Tanzania
Overview
2014Also available in:
No results found.EPWS begins with the identification of a water problem (quantity and/or quality) downstream. this problem has significant financial impact for water users (domestic, industrial, commercial). causes of the problem are located upstream as a consequence of unsustainable land use (subsistence agriculture) by poor farmers who degrade the ecosystem. -
Book (stand-alone)Land-water linkages in rural watersheds 2002It is often assumed that upstream land use practices have important impacts on water resources and affect the downstream users at a watershed scale. Payments by downstream users to upstream users for "environmental services" such as good water quality, less sediments or more regular water flow are widely discussed. However, much controversy exists about the direction and magnitude of such impacts, how they influence the relationships between upstream and downstream users, and which mechanisms al low for a sharing of resulting benefits and costs by all resource users in a watershed context. To address these issues, the FAO Land and Water Development Dicvision organized the electronic workshop "Lan-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds" from 18 September to 27 October 2000. The present publication contains the proceedings of the workshop and two papers that set the stage for the workshop discussions. The complete workshop documentation, including discussion archive, background papers and cas e studies, is included on the CD-ROM that accompanies the document.
-
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Guidelines for watershed management
FAO CONSERVATION GUIDE No.1
1977Also available in:
"This conservation guide is one of a series of publications which illustrate conservation techniques, examples of land rehabilitation and watershed management principles, primarily for mountain land, forests, eroded areas and other lands not normally used for intensive agriculture. The papers are based on case studies from all regions but are mainly oriented to provide practical examples of interest to developing countries.
Users also downloaded
Showing related downloaded files
No results found.