1 / 5

Building the Foundations for Pro-Poor Payments for Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes of Africa

Building the Foundations for Pro-Poor Payments for Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes of Africa. Mweya National Park, Uganda September 19-22, 2005. Objectives of Mweya Meeting.

raven
Download Presentation

Building the Foundations for Pro-Poor Payments for Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes of Africa

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Building the Foundations for Pro-Poor Payments for Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes of Africa Mweya National Park, Uganda September 19-22, 2005

  2. Objectives of Mweya Meeting • To understand what PES is, potential applications, and role in rural development and conservation in East and Southern Africa. • To share experiences and lessons learned on PES from around the world and consider within an African setting. • To assessments the status of PES and institutional capacity in selected countries of Africa. • To build channels for communication between different sectoral actors whose input is required for PES. • To plan a strategy for investment in pro-poor PES in ESA.

  3. Participants will be able to: • Define and distinguish different types of PES • Identify potential buyers and sellers • Recognize different institutional models for organizing PES at the deal and system levels • Understand the key elements that need to be in place for structuring a PES system • Recognize the potential risks of PES • Understand how PES complements or competes with other conservation elements • Understand equity challenges in the context of weak property rights and opportunities of PES • Understand the basic mechanics of of PES

  4. Agenda Tuesday • Institutional Foundations of PES: Conceptual framework, country cases for Uganda, Kenya, South Africa • Mechanics & Organization of PES: Payments for carbon, biodiversity, watershed cons. (plenary+ break-out groups) • Making a Market: Mobilizing buyers, policy framework, enabling community sellers

  5. Agenda (cont) • Wednesday: • Field Trips (carbon and watershed projects) • Introduction to the Ecosystem Marketplace • Country Working Groups Meet and Report • Thursday • Regional Strategy • Return to Kampala

More Related