Mapping the potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services schemes to improve water quality in agricultural catchments: A multi-criteria approach based on the supply and demand concept

Roberts, William; Couldrick, Laurence; Williams, Gareth; Robins, Dawn; Cooper, Dave

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117693

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Mapping the potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services schemes to improve water quality in agricultural catchments: A multi-criteria approach based on the supply and demand concept

Published in Water Research • Sep 24, 2021

Authors:

William Roberts

Laurence Couldrick

Gareth Williams

Abstract

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes are an increasingly popular form of catchment management for improving surface water and groundwater quality. In these schemes, downstream water users who are impacted by agricultural diffuse pollution incentivise upstream farmers to adopt better practic...

Subject

Water quality

Water supply

Agriculture

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