Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Cooperation. CONDESAN is widely respected among governments, NGOs
and community-based organizations. Its work will continue after CPWF
funding has ceased.
We emphasize one particular example. Partnered with the Ministry of
Environment of Peru, CPWF projects designed a BSM for the Cañete River
basin, which the Ministry uses as a pilot project. The Cañete BSM established
a trust fund to finance its activities (Quintero, 2012). CIAT and the CPWF
partner, CONDESAN, worked with the Ministry and with public and private
companies and NGOs. The objective was a BSM to provide equitable benefits
from the use of ecosystems and benefit rural communities.
The findings are being scaled-out to over 30 river basins in Peru through a
Remuneration Mechanism for Ecosystem Services hosted by the Ministry with
CONDESAN's support. CIAT and the CPWF helped draft national legislation
to evaluate ecosystem services. The legislation requires that valuation of water
uses be included in all environmental impact studies for new public and private
development projects.
Citations relevant to this story are: Estrada et al., 2009; Johnson et al., 2009;
Quintero et al., 2009; Escobar and Estrada, 2011; CPWF, 2012g.
Notes
1
Wicked problems are those that are difficult to solve because their requirements are
contradictory, changing, hard to reconcile and often not well understood (Rittel
and Webber, 1973).
2
PN is the CPWF project number. A list of projects is in the Appendix.
3
This story was also featured in Chapter 5.
4
This story was also featured in Chapter 5.
5
This story was also featured in Chapter 5.
6
Polder: a piece of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea or a river and protected by
dykes.
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