On designing and implementing benefit-sharing mechanisms (A1)

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    Beyond the Market. Recognizing those who take care of water
    (Brief, 2011-11) Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregion Andina
    From the start of the 1990s, the issue of Environmental Services has attracted the attention of conservationists, development organizations and donors, who have been interested in seeking and supporting new strategies for financing conservati on and, additionally, in some cases, for diversifying the income of rural communities.By the logic of the market, the principal proposal is the Payment for Ecosystem Services: “a voluntary transaction for an environmental service, in which at least one buyer and one seller participate; the environmental service is well-defined; and the provider of the service ensures its provision”. Given that water in the Andes is such an important resource, closely related with the management of ecosystems and important for the wellbeing of dozens of millions of people, we can assume that there exists a large market for the Payment of Hydrological Ecosystem Services (PHES).
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    Benefit Sharing Mechanisms: Agreements for watershed wellbeing
    (Brief, 2011-11) Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregion Andina
    The correct handling of environmental services allows good environmental management which results in human wellbeing. Human beings that enjoy a state of wellbeing, have a greater capacity to realize good environmental management, ensuring therefore the provision of these services through a virtuous circle between human beings and the ecosystems they inhabit. However, there exist various difficulties in achieving good environmental management. In the case of water, those who benefit from its use oft en live in a different area from those who take care of the ecosystems where it is generated.