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China Uses Market-Like Mechanisms To
Promote Reforestation Of Sloping Lands
Rapid expansion of agriculture has led to the destruction of forested hills critical for regulating water flows. China’s expansion has been ...
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Katoomba 18 Brings
Water-Energy Nexus To Beijing
A global series of workshops were launched in Bonn, Germany, at the end of 2011 to deliver workable, scalable solutions to ...
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ADB Water Boss Courts Private
Buyers For Chinese Water Markets
On the opening day of the 18th Katoomba meeting in Beijing, the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Water Resources Specialist, Zhang Qingfeng, ...
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China Aims For Scale, Scope, And Reach
In Payments For Ecosystem Services
China’s eco-compensation programs are among the most comprehensive payments for ecosystem services on the planet, but delegates to the 18th ...
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From Kenya To China:
The Spread Of Innovative Water Solutions
The 18th Katoomba meeting opens tomorrow in Beijing and with it a big opportunity for developing nations to share their experiences ...
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Can Katoomba 18 Help
The Miyun Reservoir?
More than 200 delegates to Katoomba 18 from as far away as Peru, Switzerland, and Ghana will be spending the ...
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K-18 Videoblog: Making PWS That Are Financially Viable, Environmentally Effective, And People Friendly
The Miyun Reservoir provides drinking water for more than 20 million people in one of the world's great metropolises, but its ...
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Can Nutrient Trading Shrink
The Gulf Of Mexico's Dead Zone?
Pollution from farm fertilizers and industrial facilities that flow into the Mississippi River has led to a huge dead zone in ...
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This Week In Water: Trickle-Up Economics
Katoomba XVIII: Forests, Water and People will take place next month in Beijing and Ecosystem Marketplace will be blogging and tweeting ...
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Replicating Policy That Works:
PES In Mexico
Since environmental services' emergence as a concept in 1997, there have been many efforts to internalize the idea and transform theory ...
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Kenyan Farmers Boost Yields With
Payments For Watershed Services
For two years now, flower growers along the shore of Kenya’s Lake Naivasha have been paying farmers in the hills 40 ...
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World Water Day:
Will The Private Sector Step Up?
Everyone agrees we won’t solve the global water crisis without more involvement from the private sector, but how do we bring ...
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Arkansas Oil
And The High Cost Of Dirty Water
Images of oil-drenched Mayflower, Arkansas have been front-page news all week, but the real environmental damage – and economic cost – ...
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This Week In Water:
Putting Together The Pieces For Watershed Payments In Kenya
Ecosystem Marketplace will be hosting a webinar this month on the most up to date financing mechanisms for watershed conservation. Not ...
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PWS In Kenya: How WWF And CARE
Found Common Ground In High Hills
Subsistence farmers in the hills above Kenya’s Lake Naivasha face an uncertain future, and climate-change has only made it worse. Here’s ...
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Kenyan Flower-Growers Use Watershed Payments To Save Their Lake And Their Livelihoods
Flower growers in Kenya’s Rift Valley have gradually reduced their runoff to keep their water clean, but subsistence farmers high in ...
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Tying The Knot:
Buyers And Sellers In Kenyan PWS
Entering into a payments for watershed services program is more akin to getting married than it is to buying a normal ...
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This Week In Water:
Waking Up To Water Risk
WRI's new mapping tool that provides real-time data on water risks could help businesses and nations like South Africa and Canada, ...
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Is Wetland Mitigation Unconstitutional?
The Supreme Court recently listened to a case arguing the government is not allowed to require a landowner to use personal ...
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New TEEB Report Integrates
Wetland Value And Economic Policy
A TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report on water and wetlands that was published this month focuses on the ...
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