| Abstract: |
The role of intermediaries in facilitating the transaction between ecosystem service buyers and sellers is particularly important. The Payment for Environmental Services (PES) intermediary can come from the government, NGOs, private firms, or multistakeholder agencies. The role of PES intermediary in cludes information exchange, program design and planning, mediation, negotiation, and program monitoring and evaluation.
One of the first and longest PES initiatives in Indonesia takes place in the Cidanau watershed, Banten Province. Theforests in the middle and upper stream of Cidanau have been deforested and converted into agriculture areas, degrading the watershed and impacting the water users downstream. Rekonvasi Bhumi, a local NGO, then mobilized the local stakeholders to establish Forum Komunikasi DAS Cidanau (FKDC). FKDC is a multistakeholder forum to enable different actors to work together under the integrated watershed management. |
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