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The Mexico Forest Fund
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"Last year [2002], the government of Mexico began paying local landowners to maintain forests as a way of protecting local watersheds and ensuring the provision of watershed services."...by the end of 2003, farmers living on over 13,000 hectares of land in Sierra Gorda, began receiving between 300 ($30) and 400 ($40) pesos to maintain their forests."The money came to these farmers as part of a "payment for ecosystem services" program established by Mexico's National Forest Commission (CONAFOR, the acronym in Spanish) that began operating in 2003. Called the "Mexican Forest Fund", the program pays Mexican landowners to protect watershed and provide watershed services by keeping their forest cover intact."
R. Bayon
2003
Ecosystem Marketplace
Washington, DC (US)
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Environmental Services, Watershed Management
Mexico
Ecosystem services, Services
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