Transcript LESSONS LEARNED FROM NATIONAL REPORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS Francesca Bernardini UNECE Water Convention secretariat PES in the UNECE region • 19 national reports • 4 countries reported.

LESSONS LEARNED FROM
NATIONAL REPORTS AND
CONTRIBUTIONS
Francesca Bernardini
UNECE Water Convention secretariat
PES in the UNECE region
• 19 national reports
• 4 countries reported to have PES
• All reports supported
establishment of PES
PES?
Lack of common understanding
– From not even including public
schemes …
– … to tax exemption and affiliation
Great expectations
• Integrate economic, social and
environmental aspects
• Broaden and diversify the financial
basis for ecosystems protection
• Incentive to environmental friendly
behaviour
Great expectations (2)
• Poverty reduction and support to
economic development
• Favourable condition for creation of
private sector
• Support decentralization and local
management
• Support compliance with international
conventions
Valuation: a big challenge
• Laborious and expensive
• Lack of monitoring and survey data
• Lack of deep knowlegde of the
biophysical relation
 Price based on
• asumptions
• political decisions
• cost of measures / opportunity costs
Two assets
• Willingness to pay for « good »
water (especially in Western
Europe)
• Willingness of providers to
implement better environmental
practice (moral, social, market
pressure)
Water is special
• Public good
• Human right
 How can valuation take it into
account?
 Cannot be left to the market
Major obstacles
• Lack of legal framework
• Lack of spatial planning
• Lack of capacity in institutions
• Unclear property rights
The way ahead
• Overcome traditional approach
 political will + public awareness
• Sharing of good practice
• Increase link between research
and practice
• Implementation
• Transboundary dimension?