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

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

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Foreword Executive Summary Who is this Cookbook for? How is the Cookbook organized? Part I: Introduction What are Incentives for Ecosystem Services? Mountain ecosystem services Shifting from payments to incentives in the Himalayan context Part II: ingredients and ‘Recipe’ for IES Basic process and ingredients Step 1: Envisioning Step 2: Scoping

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Step 3: Consulting Step 4: Quantifying Step 5: Evaluating Step 6: Convening Step 7: Negotiating Step 8: Initiating IES Step 9: Monitoring Step 10: Improving Part III: Cautions Addressing unintended consequences Part IV: Cases

Case 1: Kulekhani watershed, Nepal Case 2: Chitwan National Park, Nepal Case 3: Carbon Sequestration – Khayarkhola watershed, Chitwan District, Nepal Case 4: Rupa Lake watershed, Nepal Case 5: Drinking water supply – Dhulikhel, Nepal Case 6: Building downstream support for an incentive-based mechanism — Palampur Municipality, India Case 7: Community-Based Trophy Hunting – Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Case 8: Participatory Watershed Management Projects – Erosion control in Tarbela and Mangla, Pakistan Case 9: Local communities’ involvement in tourism activities — Xihu wetland, Yunnan, China Part V: Summing Up Lessons learned Concluding remarks

Acronyms Resources and References

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Incentives for Ecosystem Services (IES) in the Himalayas