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To address this, it proposes three market-based instruments: the African Conservancies Fund (ACF) for wildlife and tourism, the Chyulu Hills Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) for watershed protection, and the Green Village Savings and Loans Association (GVSLA) for community-level resilience. 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These loans help meet lease payments to landowners and support governance improvements and revenue diversification to reduce over-reliance on ecotourism.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-001036#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Chyulu Hills Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) mechanism aims to fund the protection of cloud forests by creating a market where water users pay for ecosystem services. 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