Economic Valuation of Watershed Services for Sustainable Forest Management: Insights from Mexico

Pérez-Verdín, Gustavo; Navar-Chaidez, J.J.; Ys, Kim; Silva-Flores, Ramón

doi:10.5772/30149

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 38 publications

(47 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…It's therefore one of the Ecosystem Services that currently receives a lot of attention because of its role in sustaining human life and the environment (Gleick, 2003;MEA, 2005). Most hydrological services occur in highlands of forest watersheds, which work as natural systems that; collects, manufactures, and distributes water and provides hydrological services to lowlands (GWP, 2000;MEA, 2005;Perez-Verdin, Navar-Chaidez, Kim, & Silva-Flores, 2012). Thus, key aspects of the water cycle, mainly; water infiltration, water surface run-off, evaporation is partly dependent on the state of forest cover.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Characterization of Water Source Types and Uses in Kirisia Forest Watershed, Samburu County, Kenya

Kiringe¹,

Mwaura²,

Warinwa³

2016

ENRR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Kenya's dry-land water catchments are valued for their water provision services but their conservation is given little attention. This study was carried out between October and December 2015 and documented water source types and uses by humans and livestock in Kirisia Forest watershed. Different water source types exist in the watershed including earth dams, water pans, shallow wells, boreholes, springs and streams. The estimated population of livestock and locals using these sources was 180,645 and 147, 060 respectively. Earth dams and water pans provided water to the highest population of community members estimated at 11,564 people followed by boreholes at 9,886 people while streams, springs and shallow wells were used by the least number of people. They also provided water to the highest number of livestock estimated at an average of 15,422 animals. The highest amount of water was abstracted from boreholes at nearly 197,720Litres/day (197.72m 3 /day) followed by earth dams and water pans at 91,960Litres/day (91.96m 3 /day), and the least was from shallow wells, springs and streams at about 38,000Litres/day (38m 3 /day). Daily water abstraction from all the water source types by humans and livestock was nearly 366,540Litres/day or 366.54m

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%