Incentives for Ecosystem Services (IES) in the Himalayas: A ‘Cookbook’ for Emerging IES Practitioners in the Region
| Foreword | 4 |
| Executive Summary | 5 |
| Who is this Cookbook for? | 6 |
| How is the Cookbook organized? | 7 |
| Part I: Introduction | 8 |
| What are Incentives for Ecosystem Services? | 9 |
| Mountain ecosystem services | 11 |
| Shifting from payments to incentives in the Himalayan context | 13 |
| Part II: ingredients and ‘Recipe’ for IES | 16 |
| Basic process and ingredients | 16 |
| Step 1: Envisioning | 18 |
| Step 2: Scoping | 19 |
| Step 3: Consulting | 21 |
| Step 4: Quantifying | 23 |
| Step 5: Evaluating | 24 |
| Step 6: Convening | 25 |
| Step 7: Negotiating | 26 |
| Step 8: Initiating IES | 28 |
| Step 9: Monitoring | 29 |
| Step 10: Improving | 30 |
| Part III: Cautions | 31 |
| Addressing unintended consequences | 31 |
| Part IV: Cases | 33 |
| Case 1: Kulekhani watershed, Nepal | 34 |
| Case 2: Chitwan National Park, Nepal | 36 |
| Case 3: Carbon Sequestration – Khayarkhola watershed, Chitwan District, Nepal | 38 |
| Case 4: Rupa Lake watershed, Nepal | 41 |
| Case 5: Drinking water supply – Dhulikhel, Nepal | 44 |
| Case 6: Building downstream support for an incentive-based mechanism — Palampur Municipality, India | 46 |
| Case 7: Community-Based Trophy Hunting – Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | 48 |
| Case 8: Participatory Watershed Management Projects – Erosion control in Tarbela and Mangla, Pakistan | 52 |
| Case 9: Local communities’ involvement in tourism activities — Xihu wetland, Yunnan, China | 54 |
| Part V: Summing Up | 56 |
| Lessons learned | 56 |
| Concluding remarks | 58 |
| Acronyms | 60 |
| Resources and References | 61 |
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