ICRAF (World Agroforestry Centre) presentation to International Fund for Agricultural Development, end-May, 2011 on Rewards for Environmental Services / Payments for Environmenal Services

1. ADVANCES IN PAYMENTS/REWARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES : EXPERIENCES FROM REWARDS FOR, USE OF AND SHARED INVESTMENT IN PRO-POOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SCHEME ( RUPES ) AND PRO-POOR REWARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN AFRICA( PRESA ) AND WAY FORWARD Delia Catacutan, Sara Namirembe, Beria Leimona & Meine van-Noordwijk

3. ICRAF’s 3 major networks of action research and learning sites on RES and climate change issues: Pro poor Rewards for Environmental Services in Africa (2008 – 2011) covering 8 sites in 5 countries ( Tanzania, Kenya, Guinea, Uganda & Malawi ) Rewards for, Use of and Shared Investment in Pro-poor Environmental Services schemes in Asia (2002-2012) covering 12 sites in 8 countries (China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Nepal, India, plus Thailand and Cambodia - upcoming) Global partnership devoted entirely to research on the tropical forest margins with 12 benchmark sites in the Amazon, Congo Basin and Southeast Asia

4. Bac Kan RUPES SITES IN ASIA

5. PRESA Sites

7. Redirecting development pathways towards environmental integrity Positive incentives are needed to reward rural poor for the envirponmental services they can/do provide

8. Free and prior informed consent Efficiency Fairness Balancing act is needed

11. Initial interest Effective increase in ES Signed contract External investors and regulators: learning curve Learning curve for local stakeholders (actors) of land use change Smooth implemen- tation? Efficient + Fair reward systems require a two-way learning curve Negotiations

23. Making a case for Watershed service rewards Sara Namirembe This programme is implemented by the World Agroforestry Centre, with funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the European Commission and the government of Finland. The views expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders.

25. Analysis of watershed service payments RES principle Issues Realistic Hydrologically effective Financially affordable Voluntary Sellers willing to accept payment; Buyers willing to pay Conditional Performance based contracts/agreements Propoor Does no harm Improves the lives of the poor