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| Titel |
Payment schemes for hydrological ecosystem services as a political instrument for the sustainable management of natural resources and poverty reduction – a case study from Belén, Nicaragua |
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J. Hack |
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| ISSN |
1680-7340
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In: Hydrologic Modelling for the Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Landscape Functions ; Nr. 27 (2010-08-25), S.21-27 |
| Datensatznummer |
250016335
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/adgeo-27-21-2010.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
The importance of intact ecosystems for human-wellbeing as well as the
dependence on functions and services they provide is undoubted. But still
neither the costs of ecosystem degradation nor the benefits from ecosystem
functions and services appear on socio-economic balance sheets when
development takes place. Consequently overuse of natural resources is
socio-economically promoted by conventional resource management policies and
external effects (externalities), equally positives and negatives, remain
unregarded.
In this context the potential of payments for hydrological ecosystem services
as a political instrument to foster sustainable natural resource use, and
rural development shall be investigated. This paper introduces the principle
concept of such payments, presents a case study from Nicaragua and highlights
preliminary effects of the application of this instrument on natural resource
use and development. |
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