Title
Challenges to Establishing Payments for Ecosystem Services in Gabon - A Case study of the Mbé River Basin
Author(s)
Christina Connolly , Joe Walston , Michel Masozera , Martin Hega , Malcolm Starkey
Published
2009
Abstract
This case study describes how WCS is working with the Government of Gabon on a new Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) initiative to secure long-term protection of the high conservation value of the Mbé watershed in Gabon. The project is exploring ways to remunerate these upstream land managers for maintaining their land-use practices to secure the continued provision of a year round supply of high quality water. More broadly, the project also aims to address key barriers to developing sustainable PES mechanisms in Gabon and is being designed to maximize lesson learning and replicability.
Keywords
pes freshwater/pws

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