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Managing Forest Ecosystem Services for Hydropower Production

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dc.contributor.authorVogl, Adrian L.
dc.contributor.authorDennedy-Frank, P. James
dc.contributor.authorWolny, Stacie
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Justin A.
dc.contributor.authorHamel, Perrine
dc.contributor.authorNarain, Urvashi
dc.contributor.authorVaidya, Anil
dc.contributor.authorVogl, Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-08T22:20:38Z
dc.date.available2017-08-08T22:20:38Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.description.abstractIn many countries, hydropower development is rapidly becoming a focus of green growth policies. This represents a significant opportunity for ecosystem services-based land management that integrates environmental and development goals to benefit the hydropower sector and support economic growth. In this study, we present an approach for targeting ecosystem-provision investment in hydropower catchments coupled with hydrologic modeling to quantify the benefits of soil and water conservation activities. We demonstrate the application of this approach in five hydropower facility catchments in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The results show that there is a high potential for targeted soil and water conservation to increase sediment retention services that benefit hydropower facilities (up to a 44% reduction in sediment transported from uplands into streams), although this benefit is distributed non-uniformly across catchments and levels of investment. The extent to which services can be improved is strongly driven by current land use and management practices that impact how and where conservation activities can be located. Iterative use of the method described here, in a process of stakeholder engagement and capacity-building, enables policy makers to determine the optimal mix of land management strategies and budget allocation to maximize service improvements that support hydropower production.en
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Science and Policy
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/27682
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27682
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM SERVICES
dc.subjectSEDIMENT RETENTION
dc.subjectWATER YIELD
dc.subjectHIMACHAL PRADESH
dc.titleManaging Forest Ecosystem Services for Hydropower Productionen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.associatedcontenthttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901116300983 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleManaging Forest Ecosystem Services for Hydropower Production
okr.date.disclosure2018-05-03
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envsci.2016.04.014
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/27682
okr.identifier.report118139
okr.journal.nbpages221-29
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicEnergy::Hydro Power
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicEnvironment::Green Issues
okr.unitEnvironment and Natural Resources Global Practice
okr.volume61
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