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Exploring China’s Approach to Implementing ‘Eco-Compensation’ Schemes—The Lake Tai Watershed as a Case Study

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China is experimenting with various approaches to ensure the country’s environmentally and socially sustainable development. Eco-compensation is one of the most influential initiatives. It aims to provide financial and economic incentives for environment management. This chapter examines China’s approach to eco-compensation through experience in the Lake Tai watershed. Four typologies of eco-compensation schemes are identified and analysed, primarily through a legal lens. The author concludes that the main financial source for compensation is governmental payment and the form of compensation is limited to cash payments at current stage.

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  1. Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Dai, L. (2019). Exploring China’s Approach to Implementing ‘Eco-Compensation’ Schemes—The Lake Tai Watershed as a Case Study. In: Politics and Governance in Water Pollution Prevention in China. Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02874-9_5

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