Environmental research

This proposal has been developed as part of the comprehensive support that FH/Bolivia provides the Municipality of Ravello, and the growing CONCERNS consideraci na n of its inhabitants on the effects DEGRADATION n is having its Natural Capital and Change Clim tico on food security and family income. Since about a year ago, Ravello communities have been discussing actions for the protection of its base n and Productive Natural Resources, and adaptation ny n mitigaci effects Change Clim tico in the town. Discussions have been empowered by a construction project n of a water Sasanta area, 6 km. of the town of Ravello. This work improved the coverage of potable water to the city of Sucre, adem s n Provision of ensuring safe water to the city for several years to m s. The residents of Ravello, aware of the need for the water company ELAPAS Sucre, to have a stable flow and water quality throughout the year, and n relationship between these priorities and the protection n forest cover and use optimum soil on the slopes of the basin and sub-basins, have asked the support of FH/Bolivia to the definition n of a strategy of protection na long term , based on a mechanism of payment for environmental services by h dricos services must be negotiated between the settlers, the Company ELAPAS, the Neighborhood Councils and the Municipal Government. In the context of the construction n of this strategy has been prioritized Teja Wasi watershed to develop an expertise to promote the creation of local institutions n, responsible for managing the Protection of the Natural and n Productive Resources, adem s of generate and negotiate payment mechanisms for environmental services at the level of irrigators in the basin of the river Teja Wasi, and implement specific actions of protection and conservation of dricos n and H Resources GRAPHICS ed.

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