Payments for Ecosystem Services: A New Way of Conserving Biodiversity in Forests

Wunder, Sven; Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.

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“…The spatial patterns that we found also have implications for strategies to sell ES in bundles to the same buyer or layers to different buyers (Wunder & Wertz-Kanounnikoff 2009). For instance, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with its mandate vis-à-vis carbon and biodiversity services, can bundle both services in PES interventions, as has already occurred in Costa Rica and elsewhere (Pagiola 2008).…”

Section: Policy Implicationsmentioning

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Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica

Locatelli

Imbach

Wunder³

2013

Envir. Conserv.

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Environmental Conservation 41 (1): 27-36 C Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2013. The online version of this article is published within an open access environment subject to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence . The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use. doi:10.1017/S0376892913000234 Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica

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Section: Policy Implicationsmentioning

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Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica

Locatelli

Imbach

Wunder³

2013

Envir. Conserv.

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“…Some PES schemes combine both approaches, for instance, Costa Rica's National Forestry Environmental Services Program, through the National Forestry Fund (FONAFIFO) channels government payments to private forest owners and protected areas for carbon sequestration, watershed protection, biodiversity conservation, and scenic beauty services from forests (bundling), and at the same time markets them to different local, national, and international buyers (layering) [9,44]. In many instances, we also observe cases of "piggy backing" when one ES serves as an umbrella for the provision or conservation of other ES, which are, however, not paid for [57]. A good example of piggy backing is the Working for Water program in South Africa, which successfully accommodates habitat maintenance and biodiversity conservation, among other ES, under the umbrella of watershed management payment scheme [58].…”

Section: Resource System and Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

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“…Bundling refers to merging multiple ES values from a delineated piece of land together for a sale on a single market (or to a single buyer), whereas layering allows different ES values from the same piece of land to be sold at different markets [57]. Some PES schemes combine both approaches, for instance, Costa Rica's National Forestry Environmental Services Program, through the National Forestry Fund (FONAFIFO) channels government payments to private forest owners and protected areas for carbon sequestration, watershed protection, biodiversity conservation, and scenic beauty services from forests (bundling), and at the same time markets them to different local, national, and international buyers (layering) [9,44].…”

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Payments for Ecosystem Services—the Case of Forests

Prokofieva

2016

Curr Forestry Rep

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Payments for ecosystem services (PES) is a trending topic in environmental resource management. The literature on PES has been growing almost exponentially, and practical applications of PES schemes are mushrooming all around the world. In this review article, I present the existing definitions of PES, the factors to consider during the design and implementation stages of PES programs, as well as discuss the recent theoretical debates related to PES in the literature-specifically those related to commodification and legitimacy of PES, its behavioral implications as well as the issues of power and equity. Despite a wealth of accumulated knowledge in the theoretical and experimental fields related to PES, there is still a considerable lack of empirical studies assessing the practical implementation of PES in the field. Only a few schemes are actually systematically assessed, and there is still a lack of a unified comprehensive framework for the thorough evaluation of existing practical experiences. I outline some of the future research challenges that need to be tackled in order to gain a better understanding of the opportunities that the PES mechanism offers to environmental policy makers and other interested stakeholders.

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“…An excellent example of a private buyer is the water bottling company Vittel, whichnegotiated agreements with the farmers in the catchment area feeding the company's spring source (Wunder & Wertz-Kanounnikoff, 2009). The current Vittel scheme, which has been in place for over ten years, consists of one buyer and 26 sellers of ecosystem services, and covers an area of about 3,500 ha.…”

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Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests

Alix‐Garcia

Wolff

2014

Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ.

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Payments for Ecosystem Services: A New Way of Conserving Biodiversity in Forests

Cited by 74 publications

References 16 publications

Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica

Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica

Payments for Ecosystem Services—the Case of Forests

Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests

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