PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE TOWARD SUSTAINABLE RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
ABSTRACT: In Indonesia,
there are 89 river
basins and 59
of these river basins
were in critical
condition in 1998
(Dirjen Penataan Ruang, 2003). Now,
the number of
critical river basins in
Indonesia could increase due
to deforestation, uncontrolled-illegal logging
and over exploitation
of natural resources. This condition
gives negative impacts
such as flood and
landslide in many
regions. There are
some efforts could
be done to
minimize flood and
landslide such as implementing integrated river basin
management involving all
stakeholders and using
multi-discipliner approach. Integrated
river basin management is a time consuming activity and costly. Payment for
environmental services (PES) is a
funding model implemented
regarding to river basin
management that involves
all stakeholder in
upstream and downstream areas of
a river basin. This paper is abstracted from literature study based on some
resources. According to this literature study, it is reported that PES has been
implemented in some countries such as USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Philippines,
and France. In Indonesia, an example model of PES is implemented in Bengawan
Solo River Basin and Kali Brantas River Basin, and the program is called as
Role Sharing Program. This role sharing program is important, and should be
implemented in all river basins in Indonesia to ensure the sustainability of
the river basins.
Author: Purwanti Sri
Pudyastuti
Journal Code: jptsipilgg070002
