Programs Outside U.S.
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Trading Programs Outside of the United States
Comparative International Studies
- Comparing Water Quality Trading Programs: What Lessons Are There To Learn? (2012). Suzie Greenhalgh and Mindy Selman. JRAP 42(2): 104-125.
- An Integrated Assessment of Water Markets: Australia, Chile, China, South Africa, and the USA. (July 2010). R. Quentin Grafton, Clay Landry, Gary D. Libecap, Sam McGlennon, and Robert O'Brien. NBER Working Paper No. 16203.
- Water Quality Programs: An International Overview. (March 2009). Mindy Selman, Suzie Greenhalgh, Evan Branosky, Cy Jones, and Jenny Guiling. WRI Issue Brief no.1.
Australia
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Dairy Australia
- Report: "Effluent and Manure Management Database for the Australian Dairy Industry."
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Hunter River Salinity Trading
- Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme.
- 2012: Credit Auction Report.
- 2010: Credit Auction Report.
- 2008/09: Performance Report.
- 2004: Research Report: "Establishing the Potential for Offset Trading In the Lower Fitzroy River."
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Australian National Market-based Instruments
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South Creek Bubble
- Institutional Impediments to Groundwater Trading: The Case of the Gnangara Groundwater System of Western Australia. (2013). Skurray, James H, Ram Pandit, and David J Pannell. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management: 56(7), pages 1046-1072.
Canada
- Lake Simcoe, Ontario:
- Lake Simcoe Phosphorus Offset Program: Summary Report. (August 2014). XCG Consultants LTD & Kieser & Associates, LLC. Prepared for the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority.
- Table of General Permits for use Within the Lahontan Region.
- Water Quality Trading in the Lake Simcoe Watershed: Feasibilitiy Study. (February 2010). XCG Consultants LTD & Kieser & Associates, LLC.
- [Bill 99 Lake Simcoe Protection Act](http://www.ontla.on.ca/bills/bills-files/39_Parliament/Session1/b099.pdf): To protect and restore the ecological health of the Lake Simcoe Watershed and to amend the Ontario Water Resources Act in respect of Water Quality Trading (see Section 30).
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Can Water Quality Trading Help to Address Agricultural Sources of Pollution in Canada?. (2006). Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Environment Canada, and Canadian Water Network.
- South Nation River Watershed (Ontario):
- Project Summary.
- Total Phosphorous Management Instruments: South Nation Conservation .
- Phosphorous Loading Algorithms for South Nation River.
China
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Assessing the Feasibility of Nutrient Trading Between Point and Nonpoint Sources in the Lake Chao Basin: Project Result / Case Study. (28 February 2013).
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An Eco-Compensation Policy Framework for the People's Republic of China: Challenges and Opportunities. (October 2010). Asian Development Bank.
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Sloping Lands Conservation Program:
- "Grain for Green:" Program utilizes an intermediary-based transaction (local government) internal trading payment mechanism where the central government allocates funding for compensation to farmers setting aside part of their cropland.
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Tradable Discharge Permits System for Water Pollution. (1998).
- Upper Nanpan River: Case Study.
Honduras
- Jesus De Otoro:
- A program focusing on water quality and reducing water pollution using improved management practices and a point system to determine payments.
India
- Sukhomajri: Community Watershed Management
- Focuses on water quality through participatory integrated watershed management projects using best management practices. Their payment mechanism is an NGO intermediary-based transaction and tradable water rights/user fees.
Kenya
- Kenya Integrated Ecosystem Project:
- A Market Design strategy for Water Quality to reduce erosion and pollutants into Lake Victoria and also includes carbon credits from tree planting and biodiversity.
Netherlands
- Dutch Nutrient Quota System
- Presentation and Report.
New Zealand
- Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Where Are We Now? Working Paper. (2007).
Regional Programs
- Silvio Pastoral: Columbia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua