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The Requirements for the Institution of a User Fee System in a Watershed Context

This paper discusses the conceptual basis of instituting a user fee policy and its application to watershed management. As economic instruments for natural resource and environmental management, user fees have historically enabled governments to obtain a share of the rents from commercial natural resource extraction as well as control air and water pollution. Despite their limited application to issues facing the green and brown sectors, past policies could provide ideas on how to implement a user fee policy in the different context of watersheds. Adapted to such a context, the lessons culled would help the country improve the watershed’s capacity to provide critical resources and environmental services and ensure their sustainability.
Author: 
Germelino M. Bautista
Subject: 
User Fee System
File: 
PDF icon The Requirements for the Institution of a User Fee System i.pdf
Project Title: 
The Philippine Environmental Governance Project (EcoGov)
Publication Type: 
Book