Impact of a regional payment for ecosystem service program on the livelihoods of different rural households

Wang, Chengchao; Pang, Wenhui; Hong, Jiman

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.002

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“…Therefore, more farmers in Wuxi were squeezed to carry out other industries, such as migrant labors in the surrounding big cities, which resulted in the area's low engagement with local sustainable activities and a middle level off-farm/forestry employment. The results of the disparity or heterogeneity of the different households were also emphasized by many existing studies [46][47][48]. Third, regarding the other NFLD areas, even though the NFLD vulnerability context, together with conservation policies and underdeveloped economic conditions, restricted the livelihood assets situation, the scores of the livelihood strategy and sustainability engagement of farmers in these areas were prone to rise due to the following trends.…”

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Evaluation of Livelihood Sustainability in the Context of Natural Forest Land Degradation Vulnerability: A Case Study of Five Counties in China

Lin

2021

Sustainability

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Land degradation, especially natural forest land degradation (NFLD), is a severe environmental concern in China. This natural disaster itself and its derivative control policies have caused some impacts on surrounding farmers’ livelihood level and strategies, but the literature on the sustainable livelihood of different households in NFLD vulnerability is limited, and there is an urgent need to bridge the gap and conduct studies on the sustainable livelihood of Changting, Libo, Lixian, Menghai and Wuxi, the typical NFLD-prone areas in China. A new livelihood sustainability index (LSI) including livelihood asset, livelihood strategy and sustainability engagement is constructed to assess the basic situation. The results showed that: (1) The overall LSI of five NFLD areas was not high, and the social, financial and natural assets, in particular, were relatively low. A disparity was found among the five areas, and the rank sequence of the LSI value was sorted in a descending order: Changting > Menghai > Libo > Lixian > Wuxi. (2) In detail, farmers in Changting had the relative highest LSI because of the inherent high value of livelihood assets, which constrain the scores of the livelihood strategy and sustainability engagement. (3) Households in Libo, Menghai and Lixian had middle level LSI scores. The relative low livelihood assets in Libo and Menghai drove parts of local farmers to carry out off-farm/forestry employment, leading to high scores of livelihood strategy, while farmers in Lixian had lower livelihood diversification scores and higher sustainability engagement due to their working content for the local forestry bureau. (4) The low scores of the livelihood asset and sustainability engagement restricted farmers in Wuxi. A discussion of LSI in the NFLD vulnerability was conducted to determine the characteristics and analyze the reasons. Accordingly, targeted policy recommendations were proposed to realize a sustainable livelihood in NFLD areas.

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Evaluation of Livelihood Sustainability in the Context of Natural Forest Land Degradation Vulnerability: A Case Study of Five Counties in China

Lin

2021

Sustainability

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“…For example, these impacts include increasing the biodiversity of coastal areas (Nguyen et al, 2018), improving the suitability of the living environments of residents (Bennett et al, 2018) and adjusting the climate environment (Yu et al, 2010). Although some scholars have found that implementing coastal ecological protection policies will reduce the income of coastal fishing families (Wang et al, 2017;Huang et al, 2020), they have not observed the different effects on the multidimensional welfare of coastal farmers who are most closely related to coastal ecological protection. In particular, the impact of implementing coastal ecological protection policies on the multidimensional welfare of coastal farmers is not accurately measured by effective methods, hence this paper uses the PSM-DID method to measure the changes in farmers' multidimensional capital welfare before and after implementation of a coastal ecological protection policy.…”

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“…How is the impact measured? Wang et al (2017) used the SLF to evaluate the impacts of payments for ecosystem services on the livelihood capital of participants and non-participants. The study found that payments for ecosystem services had a strong stabilizing effect on the livelihood capital of the participants, while non-participants were generally negatively affected.…”

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What Are the Impacts of a Coastal Zone Protection Policy on Farmers’ Livelihood Capital? Empirical Analysis From the Perspective of Farmer Participation

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To restore and protect the ecosystem service function of coastal zones, some farmers have changed their certain original production methods and lifestyles and some have even relinquished a portion of the economic benefits that could be obtained directly. What impacts do the coastal zone ecological protection policies bring to the livelihoods of coastal farmers? The strict coastline protection of Beibu Gulf, Hepu County, Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, is taken as an example. Combined with the sustainable livelihood framework (SLF), this paper set up an evaluation index system for the livelihood capital of farmers in the Beibu Gulf coastal zone, obtaining 568 valid questionnaires through a field survey, and use the propensity score matching and difference-in-difference (PSM-DID) method to study the impacts of a coastal ecological protection policy on the livelihood capital of coastal farmers from the perspective of farmer participation. The results show that (1) the coastal ecological protection policy had a significant impact on the natural capital and social capital of coastal farmers that actively participated in coastal ecological protection, which increased by 0.181 and 0.052, respectively. (2) However, it did not have a significant impact on the total livelihood capital, human capital, physical capital or financial capital. Therefore, this paper presents policy suggestions for constructing coastal ecological compensation mechanisms and for promoting active participation by coastal farmers in coastal ecological protection efforts.

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“…Además, promueve redes sociales, fortalece instituciones locales (Tacconi et al, 2013), así como la acción colectiva (Rodríguez Robayo et al, 2016). No obstante, también se ha demostrado que genera restricciones a las actividades locales de uso de recursos naturales (Wang et al, 2017), genera erosión de tradiciones culturales (Ibarra et al, 2011), conflictos sociales (Corbera et al, 2007;2009;García-Amado et al, 2011;Rodríguez de Francisco et al, 2013;Ishihara et al, 2017) y distribución desigual de beneficios (Almeida-Leñero et al, 2017). En términos económicos, se menciona que los pagos son mínimos y temporales .…”

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Efectos socioambientales del pago por servicios ambientales: estudio de caso de gestión en la Reserva de la Biósfera La Sepultura, Chiapas, México

Salinas

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Perevochtchikova

2021

SyA

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Los esquemas de pagos por servicios ambientales (PSA) son promovidos como incentivos económicos para mantener la cobertura del bosque y mejorar el bienestar humano. El presente estudio, realizado en un ejido del estado de Chiapas, México, analiza la percepción social de ejidatarios, pobladores y avecindados respecto a los efectos ambientales, económicos y sociales que propicia el PSA en dos formas de gestión: comunitaria/colectiva y por parte de un grupo organizado. A través de entrevistas semiestructuradas y considerando variables del contexto territorial, así como los mecanismos de gestión, identificamos efectos diferenciados en las tres dimensiones de análisis. Cuando el programa se llevó a cabo en forma comunitaria, los actores expresaron discursos y visiones positivas sobre la conservación de los bosques y los procesos organizativos. Por su parte, cuando fue operado por un grupo organizado, si bien los ejidatarios tuvieron la capacidad de impulsar nuevos diseños institucionales, los resultados no favorecieron a los pobladores y avecindados. Nuestros hallazgos sugieren que es necesario reconocer el contexto sociocultural en el que se introducen los esquemas de PSA, ya que incide en sus resultados y formas de gestión.

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Impact of a regional payment for ecosystem service program on the livelihoods of different rural households

Cited by 29 publications

References 33 publications

Evaluation of Livelihood Sustainability in the Context of Natural Forest Land Degradation Vulnerability: A Case Study of Five Counties in China

Evaluation of Livelihood Sustainability in the Context of Natural Forest Land Degradation Vulnerability: A Case Study of Five Counties in China

What Are the Impacts of a Coastal Zone Protection Policy on Farmers’ Livelihood Capital? Empirical Analysis From the Perspective of Farmer Participation

Efectos socioambientales del pago por servicios ambientales: estudio de caso de gestión en la Reserva de la Biósfera La Sepultura, Chiapas, México

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