Equitable payments for watershed services: Financing conservation and development in Tanzania
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Novembre 2014
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FAODOCREP:7890bfd5-9f3d-4b54-9e38-f09994b83921
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4
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EPWS begins with the identification of a water problem (quantity and/or quality) downstream. this problem has significant financial impact for water users (domestic, industrial, commercial). causes of the problem are located upstream as a consequence of unsustainable land use (subsistence agriculture) by poor farmers who degrade the ecosystem.
