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Case studies of water-related PES schemes in East Africa

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The water-related PES schemes in East Africa considered in this chapter are Sasumua, Lake Naivasha - Malewa River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Programme, Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund and Uluguru project. The Uluguru and Usambara projects are located in Tanzania; the other PES projects in Kenya. These PES schemes are initiated by various organizations and NGOs in collaboration with government agencies, and were at different stages of implementation at the time of writing.

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