pilot pes scheme in the chon - aksuu watershed, kyrgyzstan
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Pilot PES scheme in the Chon-Aksuu watershed,
Kyrgyzstan
Mariya Genina, The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)
13 March, 2012
PES – contractual transaction
between buyer and seller of an ecosystem service or land use/management practice likely to secure that service.
Payments can be: Monetary, In-kind, Service, Reward
Payment for ecosystem services (PES)
The Chon Aksuu watershed
Downstream activities: Irrigated crop growing – Water Users Association
Upstream activities:
Forestry – Forest administration
Livestock breeding – Pasture Committee Mushroom/medicinal plants picking – Individual businesses
Tourism – Individual businesses
Project goal
To introduce PES and «reward for carbon storage» to ensure long-term sustainable use of the local ecosystem services
of the Chon-Aksuu river watershed thereby improving
livelihood of local communities.
Main issues in the watershed
1. Forest degradation:- Deforestation- Soil degradation in the forest- Weak natural regeneration
2. Overgrazing of pastures
Water quality and quantity for irrigation use – high level of suspended sediments, water shortages
Erosion
Decrease of water storage in the soil
Soil conservation upstreamReforestation
Better water quality for irrigation
Managing the problems through PES
Ecosystem services flow
Payment flow
Water Users Association
Forest administration
Pasture committee
Tourists
Mushroom pickers
4 contracts:- 1 multilateral- 3 bilateral
The payment1. The Water Users Association pays in
labourThe Forest Administration: 10 man/day a year to help in tree plantation, fencing, etc;
The Pasture Committee: 20 man/day a year for pasture quality improvement.
2. The Mushroom Pickers Association pays in labour the Forest Administration: 30 man/day a year to help in soil preparation, tree plantation, etc.
3. Tourists pay in cash the Forest Administration the entrance fee in the valley: 20soms/person (0,5 USD), 50soms/car (1 USD).
The conditionality
The Forest administration must:- Allocate 10% of the fee collected among tourists to tree
plantation;- Fence new plantations;- Fence important places for natural regeneration;- Work together with the Pasture Committee and the village
administration.
The Pasture Committees must:- Prepare a Pasture Management plan;- Follow recommendations on maximum pasture load, repare
key infrastructures to enable the access to remote pastures, fence temporary some pastures for regeneration;
- Limit and control grazing in the forest areas.
Key point for the sustainability of the overall mechanism – monitoring
Coordination Committee
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plan/group
Monitoring of water quality by water users
Next steps To improve the present PES scheme – by including
other users (medicinal plants pickers, bee keepers, etc), targeting, further research, monitoring and evaluation;
To facilitate the development of national policies and regulations on PES in Kyrgyzstan – complementary PES contracts in Chon Aksu, involvement of Biosphere Reserve;
Reward for carbon storage - in discussion with the National Agency for Environmental Protection and considering involvement of national industries;
Learn from other experiences – study tour to Vietnam, side events and regional conferences;
Replicate the experience and conduct new pilot projects in Central Asia – interview-based surveys, spread the experience on various contract conditions, payment types, scheme designs, sustainability and potential benefits.
Current and expected benefits of PES scheme
Ecosystems•Improved health of water-related ecosystem services;•Conservation of forest exosystems;•Improved water efficiency in irrigation (in future).
Community.• Increased environmental
awareness;• New and voluntary bond
between local communities.
ES sellers• Improved pastures and
livestock health;• Improved efficiency of
reforestation, soil conservation and water management programs.
ES buyers• Improved crop yields and
reduced filtration costs;• Avoided conflicts
between forest units and mushroom pickers;
• Better mushroom yields;• Landscape beauty.
Scalability of solution
The solution is scalable, however there is need for…
Stronger local NGOs/associations as intermediaries; Commitment of the government at all levels toward PES through policy making and involvement (e.g. as buyers);Efforts to improve the population's trust to public authorities (e.g. allowing the creation of public funds managing cash payments in a transparent way).
A wider awareness on PES at all levels;Diverse local experience on various aspects of PES;Advocacy and learning from international experience (e.g. Vietnam).
Replicability and factors for success
A strong intermediary organization;
Well-defined land ownership/long-term rent rights;
Sufficient time for awareness raising;
Clear scientific data and assessments on the status of ecosystems and necessary activities;
The size and form of payment is accessible to the ‘buyers’ and is interesting for ‘sellers’;
A monitoring plan, reconciled with all the stakeholders, to ensure the sustainability.
References:
Simon Charre presentation, Chon Aksu project manager, CAREC (9 Dec, 2011)Some lessons learnt from the study tour to Vietnam (Feb 2012)Leimona Beria presentation, RUPES coordinator (8 Sept 2011, Astana) Sibylle Vermont presentation, FOEN, (21 Sept 2011, Astana) Perelet R.A. presentation (3-4 May 2011, Astana)National expert assessments on PES in Kazakhstan (Nugumanova L. and Kaliaskarova Z. 2011
worldwaterforum6.org
solutionsforwater.org
MERCI / THANK YOU
CooperationCommunicationLink to ecosystems
Direct benefits for livelihood and ecosystems
Key messages:
Mariya Genina, CAREC
mgenina@carec.kz
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