R&D Projects
Feasibility Assessment and Contribution to the Policy Making of Participatory Systems by Visualizing Ecosystem Services
Principal Investigator
- NODA Keigo
Associate Professor , Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Objective
- To implement the Payment for Ecosystem Services in local communities.
- To contribute to the future vision of Land Improvement Districts and/or to policy making processes of land improvement in local govenrnments.
Outline
As a consequence of the downsizing of society, there is a concern that the ecosystem services, such as water supply and water purification, which have been unconsciously provided up to now, are deteriorating. How to conserve and sustainably operate and manage the ecosystem services, mainly through Land Improvement Districts, which are farmer organizations, has become a challenge.
This project aims to implement the ""Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)"" as a new mechanism for local communities to pay Land Improvement Districts for ecosystem services, with a particular focus on irrigation and drainage systems in hilly and mountainous areas and urban areas. We will investigate the feasibility of PES by examining methods of motivating both Land Improvement Districts (providers) and local residents (beneficiaries), evaluating services, and examining the institutional framework.
The results of research and development are intended to be used as a concrete reference in the future visioning process of Land Improvement Districts and in the policy making process of land improvement projects in local governments.
