This project supports a participatory approach within the community to reach a common agreement on the selection of sites and their protection from grazing, as well as the planning and implementation of interventions needed to accompany this change. As the source of funds in this case is a World Bank Loan, this example possibly stretches the definition of a PES slightly, but from the point of view of the rural communities it operates in a 'PES-like fashion'and can be used as a model for other, similar projects in future. Currencies" can be used to determine biodiversity losses (in destroyed areas) and gains (increases in biodiversity value of restored areas).