EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR
**EESG** 11/4 – Market-based incentives for watersheds conservation in Bolivia
Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, November 4, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Dr. Jose-Luis Izursa will discuss payment for watershed services
(PWS), a tool used to create incentives that influence choices and
behaviors of upstream land (mainly forests) and water managers and
downstream water users. With the right ingredients, good design and
effective agreements, a payment scheme makes restoration or
maintenance of watershed services beneficial to all parties. The
benefits for watershed services that were formerly seen as ‘free’ –
and therefore usually overlooked in economic decision-making – can be
subjected to the inflexibilities of negotiation and contractual
agreement or other mechanisms of the market that are used to shape
decision-making over changes in land use and management that are
critical to the sustainable use of watersheds. Dr. Izursa will use
the case study of Los Negros, Bolivia to show how markets for
watershed services operate, and how the design of payment schemes most
likely led to the program’s success.
Jose-Luis Izursa was the Director of Science and Research at Bolivia’s
Fundación Natura where his work focused on the design, management, and
evaluation of biodiversity-conservation programs utilizing innovative
social markets techniques. Prior to taking on his current role, Dr.
Izursa was a program coordinator for Conservation International and a
consultant for the World Wildlife Fund. He received his Ph.D. in
Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Sciences; his M.Sc. in
Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology from the University
of Maryland and has won a number of honors and awards including the
Fulbright Scholarship and the Russell E. Train Education For Nature
Fellowship.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!
For more information please contact the EESG Te
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