DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT ECOSYTEMS AND PES FOR

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 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