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A joint research team from CICERO, GRID-Arendal, ICIMOD, and other partners within the Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP) has initiated fieldwork on valuation of ecosystem services in the Koshi River Basin (KRB). A number of in-field stakeholder discussions helped deduce a possible mechanism for implementation of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) in the KRB.
While water was identified as a major ecosystem service in the basin, communities identified forest as a major contributor to water resource conservation and emphasized conserving and managing water sources through better management of forest once the PES mechanism is established.
Water is a major ecosystem service considered under the PES mechanism in both upstream and downstream areas of the Koshi River. In the Shardu watershed in downstream Koshi, the rural-urban linkage is instrumental in setting up a PES mechanism linking Dharan municipality and the water supply corporation.
Cultural and religious services will be considered at later stages while finalizing the valuation of ecosystem services.
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