Land-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds Case Study Series

These case studies document experiences with economic valuation of hydrologic and sediment-related impacts of land use and cooperation mechanisms to share the resulting benefits and costs between upstream and downstream people in rural watersheds.

Your comments regarding these case studies, and suggestions for additional cases that could be presented here, are highly appreciated.
Please contact Benjamin.Kiersch@fao.org

View more case studies that were presented at the electronic workshop in September/October 2000.

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Country	Title	Author/s
Valuation of hydrologic and sediment-related services of land use
Brazil	Valuation of land use and management impacts on water resources in the Lajeado São José micro-watershed - Chapecó, Santa Catarina State   Summary   Text version  (PDF, 77 KB)   Full version - text and graphics  (PDF, 813 KB)	Lauro Bassi
Costa Rica	Valuation of hydrological externalities of land use change: Lake Arenal case study   Summary   Full version - text and graphics  (PDF, 147 KB)	Bruce Aylward Sylvia Tognetti
Mechanisms for upstream-downstream cooperation
Colombia	Water user associations in the Cauca Valley: A voluntary mechanism to promote upstream-downstream cooperation in the protection of rural watersheds   Summary   Text version  (PDF, 103 KB)   Full version - text and graphics  (PDF, 254 KB)	Marta Echavarría
Costa Rica	Cooperation between a small private hydropower producer and a conservation NGO for forest preservation: The case of La Esperanza   Summary   Text version  (PDF, 107 KB)   Full version - text and graphics  (PDF, 451 KB)	Manrique Rojas Bruce Aylward
Ecuador	The watershed council as a mechanism for upstream-downstream cooperation: The case of the Río Machángara   Summary   Text version  (PDF, 77 KB)   Full version - text and graphics  (PDF, 954 KB)	Pablo Lloret Zamora