Mapping Environmental Services in Highland Guatemala

This paper uses data from Guatemala to map areas that are important for the provision of indirect ecosystem services, services whose benefits are enjoyed at some distance from the ecosystem that provides them, such as watershed services (enjoyed downstream) or biodiversity conservation (enjoyed globally). These services are usually externalities from the perspective of land users, and so tend to be under-provided. Mapping the areas that supply such services links the supply and demand of ecosystem services in a spatially explicit way, allows the identification and prioritization of areas of conservation interest.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Pagiola, Stefano, Zhang, Wei, Colom, Ale
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-12
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF, AQUIFER, BASINS, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT AREA, CHANNELS, CLEAN WATER, CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTIVE USES, CONTOUR LINES, COVERING, CUBIC METER, CUBIC METER OF WATER, CUBIC METRE, CUBIC METRE OF WATER, DAMS, DOMESTIC USE, DOMESTIC USERS, DOMESTIC WATER, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY, DOWNSTREAM USERS, DOWNSTREAM WATER USERS, DRAINAGE, DRIP IRRIGATION, ECOSYSTEM, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EXPORT, FARMERS, GRAVITY, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER SOURCES, GROUNDWATER USE, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, HYDROELECTRIC POWER, HYDROLOGY, INDUSTRIAL USERS, INTAKES, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, LAKES, LAND USE, LAND USE MANAGEMENT, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, MUNICIPAL WATER, MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY, MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS, MUNICIPALITIES, PIPED WATER, POLLUTION, PRIVATE WELLS, PROGRAMS, PROTECTED AREAS, PUMPS, QUALITY WATER, RECHARGE, RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES, RIVER WATER, RIVERS, SANITATION, SANITATION SERVICES, SERVICE PROVISION, SLUMS, SPRING, SURFACE SOURCES, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE USE, TOWN, TOWNS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, USE OF WATER, WATER DEMAND, WATER FLOWS, WATER INTAKE, WATER INTAKES, WATER LINKAGES, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICE PROVISION, WATER SERVICES, WATER SOURCE, WATER SOURCES, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER USE, WATER USERS, WATER USES, WATER WITHDRAWAL, WATERFLOWS, WATERSHED, WATERSHEDS, WELLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/19304444/mapping-environmental-services-highland-guatemala https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17894
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