PES scheme in Cidanau watershed, Indonesia

Abstract

The Cindanau watershed plays two main roles in the areas economic development, as a source for industrial and domestic water usage and as the only remaining mountain swamp conservation site with several endemic species. As a result of the encroachment into the swamp and intensified land use the watershed the Banten Governor established integrated management as a priority in the watershed. TKI, the company that pipes water for industrial and domestic use, is helping fund conservation activities and compensate community efforts to maintain good forest cover on a pilot site. In the contract between farmer groups and KTI, the state-owned water company, farmers agree to maintain at least 500 fruit and timber trees per hectare. For every 500 trees maintained during the contract, farmers receive USD 120 per year. A more formal environmental science management body will likely be formed to to administer the growing program - additional farmers groups have expressed willingness to join and other government and private companies have indicated a willingness to pay for similar environmental services.

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Keywords
Sedimentation, Surface water, Soil erosion, Best management practices, Payments for environmental services, Tropical zones, Forest ecosystems, Forestry, Watershed management, Supply, Watershed rehabilitation, Best management practice contract, Rawa danau nature conservation reserve, Transaction mechanism, Watershed
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