Compensation for Environmental Services in the Andes, reflections for a wider application

This paper are the reflections of the author after being involved in the promotion of Integrated Natural Resource Management and poverty reduction activities in the Andes, including the possibilities offered by the application of compensation for ecosystem services provided. Presentación realizada en el Taller 7 "Sharing the Benefits of Ecosystem Services and the Costs of Ecosystem Degradation" del Stockholm World Water Week (http://www.infoandina.org/foros.shtml?x=5108)