Incentives for Ecosystem Services (IES) in the Himalayas: A ‘Cookbook’ for Emerging IES Practitioners in the Region

Part II. Ingredients and ‘Recipe’ for IES

This section describes the ‘recipe’ used to combine the ‘basic IES ingredients’ to create a fully functioning IES system. First we present an overview of all the steps and the basic ingredients. Next we break down each of the steps, adding more specific information. We then describe in detail the flowbetween these steps, how to identify opportunities, ensure the involvement of relevant partners, create just and fair incentive schemes and ensure sustainability, and which potential pitfalls to be aware of. Basic process and ingredients

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Figure 3. The 10 basic steps of designing and implementing an IES process.

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