Financing Watershed Services in the Foothills of the Himalayas

Kumar, Rajesh; Shyamsundar, Priya; Nepal, Mani; Bhatta, Laxmi Dutt

doi:10.3390/w10070965

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“…In addition, Dhulikhel drinking water supply is more systematic compared to Dharan since the former has a well-established payment for ecosystem service (PES) scheme [24]. In the case of Dharan, a PES scheme has yet to be implemented and a new project for drinking water supply is ongoing [26]. This indicates the important role of PES scheme to ensure water supply for urban households.…”

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“…Nepal Water Supply Corporation is serving 81% of the population of the town. This means a household receive 144 liter less water per day in the dry season [26]. The corporation distributes water 1–2 hour/day in wet season and average 1–2 hours/day in every alternative day in dry season2.…”

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“…The proposed CAEWMPS here focused on rainwater harvesting plus social mobilization and policy engagement [20]. In Dharan, ground water is one of the major source of drinking water [26]. Here small recharge pit construction was carried out at household level to facilitate the ground water recharge.…”

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Economics of climate adaptive water management practices in Nepal

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This study analyses costs and benefits of the selected climate adaptive and equitable water management practices and strategies (CAEWMPS) in Dhulikhel Municipality and Dharan Sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. The CAEWMPS adopted the construction of water recharge pit at household level in Dharan and recharge ponds at community level in Dhulikhel. The results of household survey reveal that households have employed different coping strategies including minimizing consumption, purchasing from market, harvesting rain water and installing equipment for storing and pumping in both cities. In Dhulikhel, a significant number of households (18.56%) minimize consumption during the dry season but this is not the case in Dharan. Rather, around one-fifth (19.27%) of the households harvest rainwater in Dharan. In addition, households are forced to give-up their regular activities in order to implement coping strategies such as household chores, leisure time, meeting and gardening. The average estimated annual coping cost in Dharan (USD 87.5) is eight times higher than in Dhulikhel (USD 11.05); however, per unit coping cost is nearly equal in both the cities. In terms of benefit-cost ration, the community level recharge ponds in Dhulikhel (5.15) were found to be cost effective compared to the household level recharge pits of Dharan (1.72). These results provide policy makers with a comparative basis for adopting appropriate strategies to tackle problems related to water shortage under city-specific contexts.

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“…Therefore, CEM can better solve the problem of comparing profit and loss between the multiple attributes of ecosystem services, and it can reveal public preferences for each eco-functional attribute of ecosystem services [34]. Thus, CEM has been widely used for non-market valuation, including species conservation [35][36][37][38][39], wetland recovery [40][41][42][43][44], ecotourism preferences [45][46][47][48][49][50], tourists' preferences for land, the environmental functions of national parks [21,[39][40][41]51,52], and the exploration of methods for altering specific ecosystem services to affect economic benefits [34,[53][54][55][56][57][58].…”

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Economic Valuation of Green Island, Taiwan: A Choice Experiment Method

Chen

2019

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The evaluation of ecological security and ecosystem services is now a core issue in the field of natural and environmental resources. Quantifying the economic value of island ecosystem services can inform policy decisions that affect the island and help justify expenditures on ecosystem service improvements. This study investigates the preferences of residents and tourists regarding Green Island and estimates willingness-to-pay (WTP) values for island ecosystem services using a choice experiment. The results indicate significant differences between the preferences of residents and tourists regarding island environmental resources. Therefore, based on the multiple attributes and ecosystem services, this study formulated three assessment schemes: “environmental protection”, “recreational development”, and “integrated operation and management”. Based on our analysis of the problems reflected in the aforementioned valuation models, we recommend that policy makers refer to environmental attribute preferences to create statements or advertisements targeting relevant audiences when planning island development. This paper contributes to the literature by demonstrating how the economic valuation of island ecosystem services can help design and target island conservation policies in order to maximize welfare.

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“…to improve ecological environment (Loomis et al, 2000;Hanley et al, 2006;Beharry-Borg et al, 2009;Brouwer et al, 2015;Zhao et al, 2015;Peng and Oleson, 2017;Rai et al, 2018). Several studies have estimated the value of increasing water quantity (Koundouri et al, 2012;Brouwer et al, 2015), whereas some have evaluated the value of improving water quality (Hanley et al, 2006;Beharry-Borg et al, 2009;Peng and Oleson, 2017).…”

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Evaluating the value of ecological water considering water quality and quantity simultaneously

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Yao

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This study applies a choice experiment to evaluate the value of ecological water and investigate public preferences in the Shiyang River Basin, which is an ecologically fragile region in China. The four ecological attributes were ecological water quantity in the upper sub-basin, ecological water quantity in the middle sub-basin, ecological water quantity in the lower sub-basin, water quality in Hongyashan Reservoir. The results show that water quality was the most preferred attribute among all the chosen attributes, and public prefer the increase of the ecological water quantity in the lower sub-basin. In addition, it was concluded that increases of 40 million m 3 and 60 million m 3 of the ecological water quantity in the middle and lower sub-basins, respectively, with the ecological water quality improved from Class IV to III, would be worth 2.82 billion RMB. The research findings are expected to support strategies for regional water resources allocation as well as help to understand public support for the policy.

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Financing Watershed Services in the Foothills of the Himalayas

Cited by 18 publications

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Economics of climate adaptive water management practices in Nepal

Economics of climate adaptive water management practices in Nepal

Economic Valuation of Green Island, Taiwan: A Choice Experiment Method

Evaluating the value of ecological water considering water quality and quantity simultaneously

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