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1 Milan, Florence; Huong, T. T. T.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Phuong, N. D. 2013. The Role of state forest enterprises on benefit sharing through payments for environmental services in Vietnam: a paradigm shift. [Abstract only]. In German Aerospace Center (DLR); Germany. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Mekong Environmental Symposium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 5-7 March 2013. Abstract volume, Topic, 03 - Mekong Basin forest dynamics and REDD+. Wessling, Germany: German Aerospace Center (DLR); Bonn, Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). pp.195.
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One challenge to overcome in implementing payment for environmental services (PES) in Vietnam is the high transaction cost associated with many contracts with small scale ecosystem service providers. In order to promote pro-poor PES, it is necessary to identify institutional options that reduce transaction costs and organizational problems. State Forest Enterprises (SFEs) play an important role in the forestry sector and the livelihoods of many rural poor in the country. The government of Vietnam has issued Decree 200 in December 2004 to develop provincial SFE reform plans. SFEs were given much greater autonomy and the government expected an increase in land managed directly by households (and possibly communities) under district level administration rather than the provincial level aimed at improving economic and social opportunities in the locality of SFEs. The main challenges to implement the reform were availability of government funds and availability of loans for SFEs (EASRD, 2005). The Development Assistant Fund recently increased interest rates and introduced more stringent lending criteria making access to financing difficult for SFEs. By linking available revenue sharing funds from hydropower dam projects to SFEs, these SFEs may be able to expand and implement PES programs cost-effectively. Therefore, we are looking into the policy and legal framework of SFEs in Vietnam as well as its operational procedures to look into potential application of benefit sharing through PES. The study undertakes three stages: First, a review on policy and legal frameworks of SFEs enables us to determine if the system is conducive to managing benefit sharing of hydropower dam projects. Second, on-going SFE models in Vietnam are reviewed and evaluated in terms of benefit sharing applicability within the hydropower dam context. Finally, empirical data from Tu Ly SFE is analysed to draw on a mechanism of benefit sharing through PES. Households who participated in the loan program of the Tu Ly SFE are interviewed to elicit information on household characteristics, cost and benefits of joining the Tu Ly SFE loan program, and their loan use. In addition, individuals paid by the Tu Ly SFE to plant and manage the forest are interviewed. Finally, the study presents a framework of benefit sharing of hydropower dam projects through payments for environmental services managed by SFEs developed from the above analysis with an assessment of advantages and challenges in its implementation.
2 de Francisco, J. C. R. 2013. PES [Payments for Environmental Services], peasants and power in Andean watersheds: power relations and payment for environmental services in Colombia and Ecuador. PhD thesis. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University. 187p.
Environmental services ; User charges ; Peasants ; Policy ; Watershed management ; Water users ; Natural resources management ; Ecosystems ; Land use ; Farmers ; Economic aspects ; Political aspects ; Social aspects ; Case studies / Colombia / Ecuador / Andean watershed / Nima watershed / Pimampiro / Chamachan watershed
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3 Clayton, Terry; Victor, Michael. 2014. From research outputs to development outcomes: selected stories. In Harrington, Larry W.; Fisher, M. J. (Eds.). Water scarcity, livelihoods and food security: research and innovation for development. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.178-199. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)
Research policy ; Investment ; Environmental services ; Community development ; Resource management ; Sustainability ; Living standards ; Public health ; Models ; Floodplains ; River basins ; Water governance ; Multiple use ; Farmers ; Fisheries / Central America / South Africa / Ghana / India / Colombia / Bangladesh / Zimbabwe / Cambodia / Nepal / GaMampa wetland / Limpopo River Basin / Niger River Basin / Andean Watershed / Mekong Basin / Ganges Basin / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 HAR, e-copy SF Record No: H046788)
4 Rodriguez, D.; Suardi, M.; Ham, M.; Mimmi, L.; Goksu, A. 2014. Applying results-based financing in water investments. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 81p. (World Bank Water Papers 89326)
Economic aspects ; Financing ; Investment ; Markets ; Water supply ; Water power ; Sanitation ; Households ; Subsidies ; Irrigation development ; Environmental services ; User charges ; Incentives ; Farmers ; Flood control ; Risk analysis ; Indicators ; Case studies
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5 Lebel, L.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Krittasudthacheewa, C.; Daniel, R. (Eds.) 2014. Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRDC); Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). 405p.
Climate change ; Risks ; Sustainable development ; Ecosystem services ; Policy making ; Urbanization ; Living standards ; Rural areas ; Households ; Economic development ; Investment ; Poverty ; Energy consumption ; Carbon dioxide ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; International waters ; Fish industry ; Employment ; Stakeholders ; Food security ; Tourism ; Forest management ; Environmental services ; Costs ; Satellites ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Flooding ; Farming ; Rice ; Sugar ; Farmers ; Case studies / Southeast Asia / Thailand / Cambodia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Vietnam / Khon Kaen / Vang Vieng / Chiang Mai / Hue / Lam Dong / Mekong Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046894)
http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/sumernet_book_climate_risks_regional_integration_sustainability_mekong_region.pdf
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6 Tinh, B. D.; Tuan, T. H.; Tran, P. 2014. Evaluation of the impact of pilot Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. In Lebel, L.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Krittasudthacheewa, C.; Daniel, R. (Eds.). Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRDC); Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). pp.270-284.
Forest resources ; Environmental services ; User charges ; Households ; Income ; Poverty ; Labor ; Catchment areas ; Forest protection ; Pilot projects ; Models / Vietnam / Lam Dong Province
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7 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh. 2015. Water pricing experiences in India: emerging issues. In Dinar, A.; Pochat, V.; Albiac-Murillo, J. (Eds.). Water pricing experiences and innovations. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp.161-180. (Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 9)
Water rates ; Pricing ; Cost recovery ; Multiple use ; Water use efficiency ; Water supply ; Water demand ; Irrigation water ; Groundwater ; Climate change ; Agriculture ; Industrial uses ; Environmental services ; Privatization ; Subsidies ; Population growth ; Case studies / India / Andhra Pradesh / Tamil Nadu
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The debate on growing water scarcity and the need to use the available water more efficiently among different sectors has once again brought in renewed focus in India. In this debate, a large part of the emphasis has been on the pricing of irrigation water, the sector which accounts for almost 80 % of the total water use but for which water is charged at a fraction of the supply cost. Low water rates, apart from encouraging the inefficient use of water, result in low revenue collections and contribute to the growing burden of government subsidies. Efforts to increase revenue collection through institutional reforms motivated mostly by international lending agencies have yielded mixed results. However, given the increasing demand for water and the resulting competition among sectors, there is scope to price water. In this context, the chapter aims to examine the issues relating to water pricing in India with a case study from Andhra Pradesh.
8 Renzetti, S.; Dupont, D. P. 2015. Water pricing in Canada: recent developments. In Dinar, A.; Pochat, V.; Albiac-Murillo, J. (Eds.). Water pricing experiences and innovations. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp.63-81. (Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 9)
Water rates ; Pricing ; Water resources ; Water supply ; Water use ; Water demand ; Irrigation water ; Industrial uses ; Environmental services ; State intervention / Canada
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H047118)
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a critical review of past and current practices related to water pricing in Canada’s irrigation, residential, and industrial sectors, as well as water pricing related to the provision of environmental services. The chapter demonstrates that water prices in most sectors have historically been quite low, relative to the costs of supply and relative to international standards. Both residential water users and irrigators have had subsidized access to water distribution networks, and self-supplied water users (such as large manufacturing facilities) have gained access to water supplies at little cost. More recently, some provinces, irrigation districts, and municipalities have raised rates to promote conservation and increase the supply network’s financial sustainability. The chapter concludes by pointing to a number of important emerging issues related to water pricing.
9 Che, Y.; Shang, Z. 2015. Water pricing in China: impact of socioeconomic development. In Dinar, A.; Pochat, V.; Albiac-Murillo, J. (Eds.). Water pricing experiences and innovations. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp.97-115. (Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 9)
Water rates ; Pricing ; Socioeconomic development ; Industrialization ; Urbanization ; Water resources ; Water supply ; Irrigation water ; Water use ; Domestic water ; Environmental services ; Population growth / China
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H047120)
This chapter briefly introduces the basic information about water resources in China and discusses the price changing trends of irrigation, residential, and industrial water in representative regions or cities. After continuous water price reform, water-pricing mechanisms have become more scientific and rational. Water supply pricing has completed a transformation from public welfare to commercialization, and resource value and waste treatment costs are now included in pricing mechanisms. The prices for irrigation, domestic, and industrial water have increased significantly during the past two decades. During the reform process, China launched multiple compulsive laws and regulations, economic incentives, and rewards to promote water-pricing reform and water-saving measures. At present, the water volume quota system is enforcing industrial water consumption in the country, and a block rate structure mechanism has been established in most cities for regulation of industrial and residential water usage.
10 Montginoul, M.; Loubier, S.; Barraque, B.; Agenais, A-L. 2015. Water pricing in France: toward more incentives to conserve water. In Dinar, A.; Pochat, V.; Albiac-Murillo, J. (Eds.). Water pricing experiences and innovations. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp.139-160. (Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 9)
Water rates ; Pricing ; Water conservation ; Economic aspects ; Incentives ; Water use ; Water resources ; Freshwater ; Rivers ; Drinking water ; Regulations ; Regional development ; Organizations ; Urban areas ; Industrial uses ; Agricultural sector ; Farmers associations ; Environmental services / France
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H047122)
With an historical overview of the legislative and regulatory framework of water pricing in France, this chapter first describes how the focus of pricing policy progressively shifted from budget balancing to water conservation then to social protection. The next part focuses on pricing practices in the urban sector. Price levels and the evolution of tariff structures are analyzed using surveys and case studies results. The fourth section focuses on water pricing in the agricultural sector at different scales: large public irrigation schemes, smaller water user associations, and individual irrigation systems. The evolution of water abstraction fees collected by river-basin authorities is also analyzed, and we present how these fees can be modulated depending on the degree of collective management of agricultural water resources. To conclude, we discuss the efficiency of water pricing in urban and irrigation sectors and highlight some limits to take into account several uses.
11 Guerrero-Garcia-Rojas, H.; Gomez-Santiz, F.; Rodriguez-Velazquez, J. R. 2015. Water pricing in Mexico: pricing structures and implications. In Dinar, A.; Pochat, V.; Albiac-Murillo, J. (Eds.). Water pricing experiences and innovations. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp.231-247. (Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 9)
Water rates ; Pricing ; Water management ; Water availability ; Water use ; Economic aspects ; Environmental services ; Hydrology ; Institutional development ; Government agencies / Mexico
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Mexican water price structure is set to reflect water availability and its economic value. Considering this framework, nine water availability zones have been established, in which the highest price is paid for zones with scarce amounts of water, and the lowest price is paid in zones with an abundance of water. Additionally, different tariffs have been established according to sectorial users, such as industry, households, and agriculture. This chapter develops a brief framework for water management in Mexico as a context for analyzing the pricing system of water actually used in Mexico. Also, the chapter briefly describes payment for environmental services—hydric (PES-H), as an instrument of environmental policy, because of its effects on pricing water from a forest conservation perspective. We conclude that although the water pricing system depends on water availability, the application of intra-regional tariffs for consumption (the largest water user being the agricultural sector) encourages irrational use due to subsidies applied to consumption.
12 Schreiner, B. 2015. Water pricing: the case of South Africa. In Dinar, A.; Pochat, V.; Albiac-Murillo, J. (Eds.). Water pricing experiences and innovations. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp.289-311. (Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 9)
Water rates ; Pricing ; Water resources ; Water supply ; Water quality ; Water use ; Irrigation water ; Waste reduction ; Urban wastes ; Infrastructure ; State intervention ; Subsidies ; Afforestation ; Environmental services ; Social aspects / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H047128)
South Africa is a water-scarce country with a high level of income inequality, based largely on race. The issue of water pricing for water services and raw water has been shaped over the years to try to address both of these issues and to ensure a revenue stream that, with the parliamentary appropriation, is sufficient to fund the management and infrastructure-related costs of providing water and protecting water resources. This chapter deals with the key aspects of water pricing in South Africa for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, and power generation. It outlines the legal framework for water pricing and how this has been interpreted since the current legislation was promulgated in the late 1990s. It also outlines some of the key debates currently being addressed, such as how to deal with irrigation subsidies, how to address issues of equity, the possible adoption of a national charge for water, and how best to structure infrastructure-related charges.
13 Chartres, Colin. 2012. Jalagelem avadanama pahatha helema. In Sinhalese. [Reducing the risk of flooding due to global warming]. Vyaparika Handa, 2(3):34-35.
Natural disasters ; Flood control ; Disaster risk reduction ; Climatic change ; Models ; Environmental services ; User charges / Thailand / Mekong Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8161 Record No: H047271)
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14 Wunder, S.; Dung The, B.; Ibarra, E. 2005. Payment is good, control is better: why payments for forest environmental services in Vietnam have so far remained incipient. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). 61p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/001912]
Environmental services ; User charges ; Forest resources ; Forest management ; Watershed management ; Land ownership ; Forest land ; Biodiversity conservation ; Carbon sequestration ; Case studies ; Assessment ; Development projects ; Tourism ; Households ; Income ; Developing countries / Vietnam / Quang Nam Province / Thua Thien Hue Province / Ha Giang Province / Yen Bai Province / A Luoi District / Phong Dien District / Vi Xuyen District / Quan Ba District / Yen Binh District / Tran Yen District
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15 Manasboonphempool, A.; Milan, Florence M.; Zeller, M. 2015. Transaction costs of farmers’ participation in forest management: policy implications of payments for environmental services schemes in Vietnam. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 116(2):199-211.
Forest management ; Forest plantations ; Farmer participation ; Environmental services ; Remuneration ; Households ; Transaction costs ; Highlands ; Gender ; Labour costs ; Developed countries ; Land tenure ; Community forestry / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047505)
http://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/download/2015092949079/856
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Recent research on payments for environmental services (PES) has observed that high transaction costs (TCs) are incurred through the implementation of PES schemes and farmer participation. TCs incurred by households are considered to be an obstacle to the participation in and efficiency of PES policies. This study aims to understand transactions related to previous forest plantation programmes and to estimate the actual TCs incurred by farmers who participated in these programmes in a mountainous area of northwestern Vietnam. In addition, this study examines determinants of households’ TCs to test the hypothesis of whether the amount of TCs varies according to household characteristics. Results show that average TCs are not likely to be a constraint for participation since they are about 200,000 VND (USD 10) per household per contract, which is equivalent to one person’s average earnings for about two days of labour. However, TCs amount to more than one-third of the programmes’ benefits, which is relatively high compared to PES programmes in developed countries. This implies that rather than aiming to reduce TCs, an appropriate agenda for policy improvement is to balance the level of TCs with PES programme benefits to enhance the overall attractiveness of afforestation programmes for smallholder farmers. Regression analysis reveals that education, gender and perception towards PES programmes have significant effects on the magnitude of TCs. The analyses also points out the importance of local conditions on the level of TCs, with some unexpected results.
16 Tran, T. T. H.; Zeller, M.; Suhardiman, Diana. 2016. Payments for ecosystem services in Hoa Binh province, Vietnam: an institutional analysis. Ecosystem Services, 22:83-93.
Payment for Ecosystem Services ; Ecosystem services ; Institutions ; Corporate culture ; Performance evaluation ; Environmental services ; Central government ; Stakeholders ; Forest conservation ; Forest protection ; Households ; Farmers ; Economic aspects / Vietnam / Hoa Binh Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047763)
This study examines the institutional design and actual performance, of payments for ecosystem services (PES) in Vietnam. Taking Payments for Forest Environmental Services Program (PFES Program) implementation in Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province as a case study, it brings to light how PES program design and implementation contributed to the central government's objectives to: (1) involve stakeholders in forest management; (2) reduce the government's budget burden for forest protection; and (3) maintain political control over forest resources. In Vietnam, the PFES Program is implemented in a top-down manner. Participating households act as government-induced forest guards rather than forest owners. Incomplete design at the central-level results in poorer performance at lower levels and, the lack of strategic management makes it difficult to know whether the program has actually improved ecosystem services and forest management. While the PFES Program complements other institutions at the national- and local-levels, some institutional incompatibilities exist in terms of customary practices. It is unlikely, however, that these will develop into an institutional conflict.
17 Lan, L. N.; Wichelns, D.; Milan, Florence; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Phuong, N. D. 2016. Household opportunity costs of protecting and developing forest lands in Son La and Hoa Binh Provinces, Vietnam. International Journal of the Commons, 10(2):902-928. [doi: https://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.620]
Opportunity costs ; Household expenditure ; Forest land use ; Forest management ; Forest protection ; Bamboos ; Cassava ; Maize ; Payment agreements ; Environmental services ; Planting ; Farmers ; Smallholders ; Ecosystem services / Vietnam / Son La Province / Hoa Binh Province
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Vietnam has pilot-tested a payment for forest environmental services (PFES) program in an effort to restore and protect forest areas, some of which have been severely degraded by the excessive cutting of trees by small-scale farmers planting annual crops on steep, sloping lands. The pilot program implemented in southern Vietnam seems to be successful, yet the program in northern Vietnam has not produced the desired rates of planting and maintaining forest areas. The reasons for these mixed results include differences in socio-economic characteristics and also the production and marketing opportunities available to rural households in the project areas. To gain insight regarding program participation, we examine the household-level opportunity costs of planting and maintaining small plots of forest trees in northern Vietnam. We find that small-scale farmers in Hoa Binh Province, with limited financial resources, prefer the annual revenue stream provided by crops such as maize and cassava, rather than waiting for 7 years to obtain revenue from a forest planting. Farmers in Son La Province, with limited access to markets, prefer annual crops because they are not able to sell bamboo shoots and other forest products harvested from their small plots. In both provinces, the payments offered for planting and maintaining forest trees are smaller than the opportunity costs of planting and harvesting annual crops. Thus, most households likely would choose not to participate in the PFES program, at current payment rates, if given the opportunity to decline.
18 Nair, P. K. R.; Garrity, D. (Eds.) 2012. Agroforestry - the future of global land use. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 549p. (Advances in Agroforestry 9) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4676-3]
Agroforestry systems ; Land use ; Land management ; Landscape ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Habitats ; Ecosystem services ; Biodiversity conservation ; Rural development ; Trees ; Domestication ; Carbon sequestration ; Carbon credits ; Agriculture ; Farming systems ; Research and Development ; Energy conservation ; Energy generation ; Renewable energy ; Bioenergy ; Industrialization ; Soil properties ; Rangelands ; Gender ; Smallholders ; Food security ; Germplasm ; Rehabilitation ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; Sustainability ; Organic agriculture ; Organic fertilizers ; Faidherbia albida ; Natural resources management ; Forest conservation ; Tillage ; Residues ; Nutrient cycling ; Grazing ; Cropping systems ; Shifting cultivation ; Rubber plants ; Wetlands ; Living standards ; Cashews ; Smallholders ; Fruit growing ; Poverty ; Rural communities ; Environmental policy ; Environmental services ; Silvopastoral systems ; Economic aspects ; Alley cropping ; Reclamation ; Indigenous knowledge ; Urbanization ; Agrobiodiversity ; Fertilizers ; Resource conservation ; Legal aspects ; Corporate culture ; Theobroma cacao ; Coffea ; Forage ; Soil fertility ; Case studies / Asia / Europe / Africa / Indonesia / China / USA / Canada / Japan / Latin America / Kenya / Philippines / Niger / Amazon / Sumatra / Xishuangbanna
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19 Reddy, V. R.; Rout, S. K.; Pavelic, Paul. 2017. Underground taming of floods in the Ganges basin: technologies, institutions and policies. In Tsakiris, G.; Tsihrintzis, V. A.; Vangelis, H.; Tigkas, D. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment, "Panta Rhei", Athens, Greece, 5-9 July 2017. Athens, Greece: European Water Resources Association. pp.2061-2067.
Climate change ; Flood control ; Drought ; Payment for Ecosystem Services ; Environmental services ; Participatory approaches ; Social legislation ; Aquifers ; Water storage ; Water resources ; Water management ; Groundwater management ; Surface water ; Dry season ; Socioeconomic environment ; Private sector ; Public sector ; Policy making ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Households ; Income / India / Uttar Pradesh / Ganges Basin
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20 Reddy, V. R.; Pavelic, Paul; Hanjra, M. A. 2018. Underground taming of floods for irrigation (UTFI) in the river basins of South Asia: institutionalising approaches and policies for sustainable water management and livelihood enhancement. Water Policy, 20(2):369-387. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2017.150]
Groundwater depletion ; Drought ; Flood irrigation ; Participatory communication ; Learning ; Payment for Ecosystem Services ; Environmental services ; Social legislation ; Regulations ; River basins ; Corporate culture ; Sustainability ; Water management ; Living standards ; Aquifers ; Watersheds ; Upstream ; Downstream
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048452)
Underground taming of floods for irrigation (UTFI) is a new approach for mitigating flood impacts through targeted floodwater storage in depleted aquifers for irrigating crops in the dry season. UTFI not only fosters the much desired conjunctive use and management of water resources but also provides the environmental services that are of high socioeconomic value. UTFI interventions are individually established at the local scale (e.g. village pond, check dam) but to achieve more substantial positive benefits at the scale of meso watersheds (10 s of km2) or sub-basins (100–1,000 s of km2) in the flood-prone river basins requires area-based implementation. Given the nature and scale required, UTFI needs to be managed at the community level with the help of appropriate institutional arrangements taking into account both the upstream and downstream locations. This paper reviews the existing institutional approaches and proposes an institutional framework that can help to mainstream UTFI management in the context of South Asia. The proposed model is centred on the existing formal institutions and also integrates non-market (participatory) and market (payment for ecosystem services) instruments that can provide win–win strategies for water resource management to downstream and upstream communities.
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