The workshop – organized by FAO (Agricultural Development Economics Division-PESAL Project, Land and Water Division and the Regional Office of Tanzania) and CARE Tanzania, with the support from the Tanzanian Vice Presidents Office (Department of Environment) – will focus on the role of agriculture in providing environmental services and on the potential of PES programmes to support their provision by encouraging Sustainable Land Management.
The overall purpose of the workshop is to explore the potential of PES programmes to provide incentives for Sustainable Land Management in the Kagera River Basin and, more broadly, to support Sustainable Land Management programmes in the region under the Terrafrica program.
More specifically, the workshop is aimed at building capacity for using PES schemes as an incentive for Sustainable Land Management, provide an introduction to what PES schemes are and how they work, offer an overview of on-going worldwide PES scenario activities in the world, focusing on East Africa, generate discussion on the legislation and institutional framework required for the development of PES programmes in East Africa and highlight the necessary conditions to facilitate the participation of poorer rural groups in PES schemes.
Participants will discuss obstacles and opportunities for PES development with respect to particular environmental services. The aim is also to generate regional partnerships among policy makers and natural resource managers for future collaboration.
The workshop will be held in Dar es Salaam, 4-6th February 2008.
Resource Materials on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Africa
• Aylward B., Agricultural Landscapes and Domestic Water Supply: the Scope for Payments for Watershed Services with special reference to sub-Saharan Africa , FAO-PESAL paper series, 2007.
• FAO, The State of Food and Agriculture 2007 . Part I: Paying farmers for environmental services. Rome. 2007.
• Gutman P. and Davidson S., A Review of the GEF Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) Portfolio And Recommendations on the Potential Role of PES In Future GEF and FAO Programs , FAO-PESAL paper series, 2007.
• FAO, Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Programme for the Kagera River Basin ( The Kagera-TAMP Project ).
• Ruhweza A. and Waage S., The State of Play: Payments for Ecosystem Services in East and Southern Africa .
• The Ecosystem Marketplace, Community-focused materials for prospective sellers of PES . March 2007.
• The Katoomba Group, PES Learning Tools , 2007
• The Katoomba Group, East & Southern Africa e-newsletter , December 2007.
• The Katoomba Group-East and Southern Africa, PES Assessments and Case Studies , 2005-2006.
• The Katoomba Group-East and Southern Africa, Current Resources for the East and Southern Africa Business & Ecosystems Initiative .
• WWF- CARE , Payments for Environmental Services: An equitable approach for reducing poverty and conserving nature , June 2006.
• Waage S., Investing in the future: an assessment of private sector demand for engaging in markets and payments for ecosystem services, FAO-PESAL paper series , 2007.
• World Resources Institute, Ecosystem Services: A Guide for Decision Makers , 2008.
Organization
The workshop is organized by:
• the Agricultural Development Economics Division ( ESA ) of FAO as a part of the activities planned under the PESAL- Payments for Environmental Services from Agricultural Landscapes Project, funded by the FAO-Netherlands Partnership Programme (FNPP);
• the Land and Water Division (NRL) of FAO and the GEF supported Transboundary Ecosystem Management Programme for the Kagera River Basin (Kagera-TAMP);
• the FAO Regional Office of Tanzania
• the Tanzanian Vice Presidents Office- Department of Environment; and
• CARE Tanzania.
Contacts
• At FAO ESA : Monika Zurek (Monika.Zurek@fao.org)
• At FAO NRL: Sally Bunning (Sally.Bunning@fao.org)
• At CARE Tanzania: Victoria Maganga (vmaganga@care.or.tz)
