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Importance of water-based ecosystem services in developing countries MEXICO

Importance of water-based ecosystem services in developing countries MEXICO. Water Resources in Mexico. Main categories for water - related problems. Current Situation Population growth  65% less water availability per capita than 50 years ago 112 million inhabitants (2011 est.)

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Importance of water-based ecosystem services in developing countries MEXICO

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  1. Importance of water-based ecosystem services in developing countries MEXICO

  2. Water Resources in Mexico • Maincategoriesforwater- relatedproblems

  3. Current Situation • Population growth 65% less water availability per capita than 50 years ago • 112 million inhabitants (2011 est.) • XX Century • Population tripled • Water demaned sixfold

  4. Growing demand CONAPO By 2030 therewill be anincrease of about 12.3 millioninhabitants in the country. 81% of theMexicanpopulationwilllive in urban centres And 67% willconcentrateon 39 urban centres (more than 500,000 inhabitants)

  5. Water Resources in Mexico 100 overexploited aquifers 53.6% of underground water

  6. Protecting Water-Based Ecosystem Services SafeguardingWater Protectingforestsin ordertomaintaindrinkingwatersupplies

  7. Protecting Water-Based Ecosystem Services Diseaseprevention Diarrhea (floodingorwaterscarcity) Potable water, fishprotein & preventingflooddamage

  8. Protecting Water-Based Ecosystem Services Agriculture (irrigation & Rain) Waterforcrops Foodsecurityforgrowingpopulations Hydropower Availabitity and longevity of HydropowerSchemes

  9. Protecting Water-Based Ecosystem Services • ProtectingFreshwater and Marine Fisheries • EnhanceOffspringproduction • Spill-over of adults and juveniles • Recoveryfrom human disturbance • Natural biologicalcommunities

  10. Protecting Water-Based Ecosystem Services ClimateChange Mitigation Carbon Capture & Storage ClimateChange Adaptation DisasterRelief: Assessment & PreventionagainstFlooding, hurricanes, Droughts, Tidal surges Supplyingcleanwater& fish, amongothers

  11. Protecting Water-Based ecosystem services in Mexico ChichinautzinBiologicalCorridor Great biodiversity & endemism. Connectionbetween Lagunas de Zempoala and El Tepozteco Oxygenfactory & water capture and rain regulation

  12. Protecting Water-Based ecosystem services in Mexico • Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo • Cloud Forest • PaymentforHydrologicalEcosystemServices

  13. Protecting Water-Based ecosystem services in Mexico Nahá-Metzabok Community work (reforestation to protect hydrological ecosystem services)

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