Monetizing Watershed Services Provided by Forests in Indonesian Protected Areas

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" Monetizing Watershed Services Provided by Forests in Indonesian Protected Areas "
Bahtiar, Adam Sayao, Marcelo Ardon

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1052360
Doc. No	:	TL51477
Main Entry	:	Bahtiar, Adam
Title & Author	:	Monetizing Watershed Services Provided by Forests in Indonesian Protected Areas\ Bahtiar, AdamSayao, Marcelo Ardon
College	:	North Carolina State University
Date	:	2019
Degree	:	M.Sc.
student score	:	2019
Note	:	98 p.
Abstract	:	Among the various ecosystem services provided by forests, they are most often credited with watershed protection. This recognition has made payments for watershed services the most common type of PES scheme in the tropics. In this thesis, I examine one institutional mechanism for compensating forest owners for watershed services: the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry policy: P.18/MENLHK/SETJEN/ KUM.1/4/2019 that authorizes concessions for water extraction in protected areas. Commercial concession holders must compensate both the protected area and the surrounding communities. As of 2018, 15 companies have obtained concessions to construct and operate water intakes or reservoirs in protected areas to obtain drinking water or channel water to micro-hydropower dams. In the first section of the thesis, I explain how the policy is implemented and identify factors that affect the probability that a protected area will have either a commercial or a community use concession. In the second section, I examine the relationship between forest cover change and watershed services in two case study protected areas that generate water for micro-hydropower and drinking water (Gunung Halimun Salak National Park and Gunung Ciremai National Park). I estimate the relationship between forest cover change and watershed services, using data from 2014 to 2018 on water quality and cost of operations of companies that obtain water through concessions for water extraction from the protected areas. Finally, in the conclusion, I put the Indonesian experience in context of the literature about payments or compensation for watershed and other ecosystem services from protected areas across the tropics.
Descriptor	:	Environmental economics
	:	Environmental management
	:	Forestry
	:	Southeast Asian studies
Added Entry	:	Sayao, Marcelo Ardon
Added Entry	:	North Carolina State University