Retornos de la inversión en la conservación de cuencas tropicales incluyendo la emisión de bonos de carbono
[EN] This paper presents the return-on-investment analysis for implementing conservation projects by the VivoCuenca Corporation. This water found operates for the Chinchiná river basin (Colombia) and supplies the water demands for Manizales city. This analysis consists in proposing a catalog of Natu...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/193189 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/193189 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Water found Return-on-investment Hydrological modeling Carbon sequestration Fondos del agua Retorno de la inversión Modelación hidrológica Secuestro de carbono |
| Sumario: | [EN] This paper presents the return-on-investment analysis for implementing conservation projects by the VivoCuenca Corporation. This water found operates for the Chinchiná river basin (Colombia) and supplies the water demands for Manizales city. This analysis consists in proposing a catalog of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) to improve the following ecosystemic services: (i) sediment retention, (ii) carbon sequestration, and (iii) hydric regulation. We evaluated each set of proposed NbS s financial viability using the return of inversion analysis (ROA). ROA encompasses the balance between the operation costs, NbS implementation costs, avoided costs, and co-benefits. In this case, we consider potential savings due to reduced sediment treatment costs associated with the NbS implementation and co-benefits for emitting carbon credits. Since the primary information is scarce, we use distributed water and carbon cycle modeling to calculate the physical variables needed for financial balances, such as liquid discharges, solid discharges, biomass, and sequestrated CO2. Our results show that the business case is viable only when it is possible to emit and sell carbon credits supported in the CO2 sequestered in the implementation of the NbS. |
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