Transcript DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT ECOSYTEMS AND PES FOR WATER MANAGEMENT Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.

DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT
ECOSYTEMS AND PES FOR
WATER MANAGEMENT
Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Clear definition of water-related PES:
same principles, different soultions
• Raise awareness on importance of
ecosystem for development + water
• PES are complementary to traditional
approach of command and control
• IWRM plans should integrate waterrelated ecosystems management and
PES.
• Multiple triggers are possible
• Prerequisite: must be demand driven +
should be achievable
Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
WHAT, WHO, WHERE and HOW
• What are the goals: not everything can be achieved
(environmental protection / poverty reduction).
Combining different services can make it more
attractive.
• Consider that benefits for providers can be different
= money, in kind, access to market, land rights
• Access and benefit sharing
• Who: willingness to pay, willingness to do,
trustworthy institutions that can mediate (water
commission/water board/ joint bodies/NGOs)
• Where: specific basin, hydrological issues, local
customs, informal rules…
• How: governance, transparency
Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Importance of valuation
– Need for a pragmatic approach (based on
specific project, time and resource
constrains)
– Process is important to involve all
stakeholders in the basin, to attract new
partners, build trust, raise awareness and
agree on final “price/value”.
• Legal and political recognition of
ecosystems and their service.
– Not only environmental legislation should
be adapted (private law, company law…)
Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Coordination, need for new platforms,
interministerial committees,
partnerships (private sector, NGOs,
science, research, practitioners)
• Time scale: long-term sustainability,
long-term political support, ensure
compliance from the beginning.
• Transboundary aspects
Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Strengthen the knowledge base
(hydrological aspect, PES efficiency) and
capacity building
• Raise awareness on possible source of
finance for PES
• Role of medias
• Monitoring compliance with contract +
funds raised have to be used only for the
ecosystem protection
• Monitor efficiency, prove usefulness
Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Need for periodic revision and
assessment: monitoring result,
value can change, etc…
• PES can support implementation of
MEAs
• Results from first seminar
Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes