LESSONS LEARNED FROM NATIONAL REPORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS Francesca
LESSONS LEARNED FROM NATIONAL REPORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS Francesca Bernardini UNECE Water Convention secretariat
PES in the UNECE region • 19 national reports • 4 countries reported to have PES • All reports supported establishment of PES
PES? Lack of common understanding – From not even including public schemes … – … to tax exemption and affiliation
Great expectations • Integrate economic, social and environmental aspects • Broaden and diversify the financial basis for ecosystems protection • Incentive to environmental friendly behaviour
Great expectations (2) • Poverty reduction and support to economic development • Favourable condition for creation of private sector • Support decentralization and local management • Support compliance with international conventions
Valuation: a big challenge • Laborious and expensive • Lack of monitoring and survey data • Lack of deep knowlegde of the biophysical relation Price based on • asumptions • political decisions • cost of measures / opportunity costs
Two assets • Willingness to pay for « good » water (especially in Western Europe) • Willingness of providers to implement better environmental practice (moral, social, market pressure)
Water is special • Public good • Human right How can valuation take it into account? Cannot be left to the market
Major obstacles • Lack of legal framework • Lack of spatial planning • Lack of capacity in institutions • Unclear property rights
The way ahead • Overcome traditional approach political will + public awareness • Sharing of good practice • Increase link between research and practice • Implementation • Transboundary dimension?
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