In 2010 the United Nations General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation in what is seen as a historical vote by water activists. Implementation of the right to water is imperative to achieve sustainable development. In 2011 the regulation for a European Citizens’...

Irrigated farming is central to meeting the world's food and fodder needs and will be even more important in delivering on food security and water sustainability development priorities in the future. High population growth, climate change, increasing socio-economic growth, and water stress are...

Payments for environmental services (PES) are payments to land owners whose land management practices help to provide environmental services (ES). In the context of watershed environmental services, the most important services are the supply, purification and regulation of water. PES was...

Zahlungen für Ökosystemdienstleistungen (payments for ecosystem services , PES) sind Zahlungen an Grundbesitzer, deren Landbewirtschaftungspraktiken helfen, Ökosystemdienstleistungen ( ecosystem services , ES) zu erbringen. Im Kontext von Wassereinzugsgebieten sind die wichtigsten Leistungen...