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AusAIDAustralia –China Environment Development
PARTNERSHIP with MEP & MWR
Water Eco-Compensation (Payment for Environmental Services) Policy &
Mechanisms, Lesson and Recommendations
Ian White & Co-workers
Fenner School for Environment & Society, ANU
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Chinese Activity Implementation TeamCAEPZhang HuiyanGe ChazongLiu Guihuan Xu KaipengWen YihuiMeng Rui MEPZhang XiaolanHe XinMiyun CountyYang ChunyuChengde EPBMr Wang
GIWRPLiu Xiaoyong Zhang JiangyongWei KaimeiHuang HuojianMWRShi HaifengYang ZhijunDong YanfeiZhang LilliPRHRICui Shubin Li JieYan Li
NHRI
Geng Leihua
NDRC
Yang Peng
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AAIT Members
Mark CardenBG Group
Geoff CrokePsi-Delta
Phillip FordCSIRO
Chuxia LinUSQ
Joel NilonANUE
Ian WhiteANU
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OUTLINE
1.What is Eco-Compensation?
2.What process was used?
3.What Lessons have been learnt? -Fostering partnerships -Policy dialogue
-Capacity building
4.Outputs
5.Recommendations
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ECO-COMPENSATION (CCICED)
Eco-compensation is an institutional arrangement to regulate relationships among all stakeholders.
• It assists regulation of the distribution of ecological and economic interests among all stakeholders,
• It supports and encourages ecologically vulnerable regions to undertake ecological protection,
• It encourages provision of ecosystem services, • It improves ecological and environmental protection,
and • It promotes equality and socially coordinated growth
between urban and rural, and other groups.
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ECO-COMPENSATION
Economic Compensation
Ecology Compensation
• compensation for limitations on developmentrights, and • protective investment for important
ecological values
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Project ProcessPre-Project Design
Component IInception
Component IICapacity Building
Component IIIAnalysis PES Mechanisms
Tender Bid
Inception Visits/Workshop Project Redesign
Literature Review, Australian Case Study Design
Inception Report
Australian Case Study TourWorkshops, Study Tour Report,
Design China Pilot StudyProgress Report
China pilot studiesCost-benefit analysesIntegration Workshop
Final Report
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Inadequacies of the Pre-Project Design
Focussed on Payment for Environmental Services Eco-compensation the key issue Project tasks/outcomes unrelated to objectives Assumed PRC Ministries needed basic training Program aimed at integration but design had two separate sub-
projects with MEP & MWR 9 month project-but required formal core partnership
agreements Mandated a literature data base but a critical review was
needed Emphasised gender mainstreaming
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Redesigned Aims of ACEDP EC1. Study the approaches and methodologies necessary to develop
practical, efficient, effective and equitable EC or similar integrated schemes to secure safe and adequate water supplies while compensating rural communities for foregone development opportunities and environmental services provided.
2. Develop practical experience in the development of EC or similar integrated schemes in watersheds and regions used for water supplies.
3. Identify common principles, methodologies and policies that can be applied at the national level.
Focussed on city water supplies
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Australian Case Studies
SEQ
NVIRP
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Australian Case Studies-Core Partners
Dept Sustainability Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DEWHA)
Murray Darling Basin Authority CSIRO National Water Commission Bureau of Meteorology Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Bureau of Agricultural Economics and
Science Also State, Regional Bodies & Local Government
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China Pilot Studies
Dongjiang
Miyun
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Integration
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Lessons - Partnerships
1. Pre-Project designs can be counter-productive2. Establishment of formal partnerships across cultural &
language divides is a long-term process 3. Partnerships are best established when core partners
work together – pilot or case studies4. Best to get partners on neutral territories5. More effective when integrated6. More effective when all levels of government involved
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Policy Lessons for China - Case Study Tours
1. Payment for environmental services using NVIRP processes & Bush returns as models
2. Improve China’s water market mechanisms3. Strengthen inter-sectoral coordination and
cooperation4. Boost public participation in water management; and 5. Improve water management infrastructure 6. Availability of data a central issue
Also policy lessons for Australia!!
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The Basin Salinity Management Strategy as an EC Model for China
Values Ecosystem Service Function
Government
Stakeholders
Agreement Targeted Outcomes
Monitoring and Auditing
Clear measurable objectives
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Capacity Building
1. Australia has limited experience in PES/EC but long experience in multi-level governance
2. Designed Case Studies as Cooperative Learning Exercises3. Required formal reporting & presentations as part of case
studies4. Used workshop participator evaluations as a method of
monitoring 5. Used pilot projects to demonstrate data acquisition
processes
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Outcomes1. Set of principles for equitable and efficient EC/PES
schemes
2. Assessment framework for EC/PES schemes
3. Simple Financial-Biophysical model for assessing PES/EC schemes
4. Institutional suggestions for EC/PES Schemes
5. General policy suggestions from case and pilot studies
6. Contact established between core ACEDP partners
7. Critical review of the Lessons learnt in Australia and China
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Recommendations1. Can only establish an effective policy dialogue
when core partners work together
2. Case studies run as cooperative learning exercises are an effective way of building partnerships, enhancing dialogue and building capacity
3. Establishing trust between partners requires time
4. Multi-level governance is an area requiring further investment
5. Are pre-project designs effective?
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