Asvis, water tariffs to pay for ecosystem services - Infrastructure & Cities. In Italy, the payment of ecosystem services through water tariffs and the additional fees of the Bim Consortia (Mountain Watersheds) constitute fundamental mechanisms for maintaining environmental balance and the socio-economic development of mountain territories.
This is what emerged from the Position Paper on ecosystem services of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), presented today in Parma. The ASviS Position Paper puts forward a series of proposals to promote territorial sustainability on a national scale.