Redefining payments for environmental services

Tacconi, Luca

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.09.028

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“…The market, more or less fettered according to different economic schools, is the mechanism for achieving the efficient distribution of social costs and benefits, namely one that maximises social welfare. This has been the guiding logic for the efficacy of PES in conserving ecosystem services for the least cost (Tacconi, 2011). Note that benefits and costs may be unequally distributed among individuals for the sake of net social gain.…”

Section: Distributive Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Effective ecosystem service markets are often thought to require trade-offs between equity, effectiveness (delivery of ecosystem services) and efficiency (variously net social benefit or cost-effectiveness) (Angelsen, et al, 2009;Tacconi, 2011;Wunder, 2005). Although the relative weighting among the three goals is extrinsic to the framework, it can help analyse such trade-offs and clarify their consequences.…”

Section: Not By Equity Alone: Effectiveness and Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Examining equity: A multidimensional framework for assessing equity in payments for ecosystem services

McDermott

Mahanty

Schreckenberg

2013

Environmental Science & Policy

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Concern over social equity dominates current debates about payments for ecosystem services and reduced deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Yet, despite the apprehension that these initiatives may undermine equity, the term is generally left undefined. This paper presents a systematic framework for the analysis of equity that can be used to examine how local equity is affected as the global value of ecosystem services changes. Our framework identifies three dimensions that form the content (the what) of equity. The first, distributive equity, addresses the distribution of benefits and costs. The second, procedural equity, refers to decision-making. These are linked by the third dimension, contextual equity, which incorporates the pre-existing conditions that limit or facilitate people's access to decision-making procedures, resources and, thereby, benefits.The framework then asks how these dimensions are shaped by the scale and target group of concern (who), the framing of goals with respect to equity (why), and, crucially, how the decisions about the content, target and aims of equity are taken. By spurring debate around the fundamental ethical values at stake, this framework can guide analysts, policymakers and planners towards more open and inclusive processes for defining equity, along with affirmative efforts to engage marginalised people.

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Section: Distributive Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Not By Equity Alone: Effectiveness and Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining equity: A multidimensional framework for assessing equity in payments for ecosystem services

McDermott

Mahanty

Schreckenberg

2013

Environmental Science & Policy

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“…There are various definitions of payments for ecosystem services (PES) (Muradian et al, 2010;Sommerville et al, 2009;Tacconi, 2012;Wunder, 2005), but all generally describe PES as positive and (at least somewhat) conditional incentives provided to induce a socially preferred environmental behavior. Over the past two decades, the use of PES to incentivize the provision of regulating and cultural ecosystem services (ES) has become increasingly popular around the world, including in developing regions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Credit-Based Payments for Ecosystem Services: Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Ecuador

Cranford

Mourato

2014

World Development

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Original citation:Cranford, Matthew and Mourato, Susana (2014). Credit-based payments for ecosystem services: evidence from a choice experiment in Ecuador. World Development. 64, pp. 503-520 ISSN 0305-750X DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014 Reuse of this item is permitted through licensing under the Creative Commons: Covering Letter (WITH Author Details) ABSTRACTThe original conceptualization of payments for ecosystem services (PES) promoted direct payments to motivate the provision of environmental public goods, but market imperfections and behavioral considerations can mean that PES that reduce market constraints are preferred. The main issue with the latter is how to include conditionality. We propose credit-based PES (CB-PES) as an incentive that links an environmental condition with the reduction of a key market constraint. Through a choice experiment in Ecuador, CB-PES was found to be a promising form of PES, with multiple desirable qualities of an incentive as cited in the behavioral economics and PES literatures.

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“…Currently, the world-wide payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs are not exactly suitable for China, PES has been defined as "a transparent system for the additional provision of environmental services through conditional payments to voluntary providers" (Tacconi, 2012). PES is always designed as an economic instrument for environmental conservation , many successful cases have implemented around the world, these programs promote the conservation of natural resources in the marketplace.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Eco-Compensation Strategy in the Water Source Area: A Case for Southern Shaanxi in China

Ze-lin¹,

Zhang²

2018

ASS

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The South-to-North Water Transfer Project (SNWTP) in China which is the world's largest water transfer project completed in 2014 is promoted as a strategy to mitigate water stresses in the northern China by the Chinese government and engineers. However, the ecological compensation of SNWTP in China has been slow and less for the people living in the water source area which was lost their opportunities to earn money; some had even lost their farmland. A key issue for SNWTP is to establish an eco-compensation system, define the compensation scheme, and make an effective economic compensation to the people living in the water source area. In this paper, we take the water source area of the Middle-Route project of SNWTP located in Southern Shaanxi including three cities called Hanzhong, Ankang and Shangluo as the research regions. Six factors are taken into consideration: (1) ecological losses, (2) economic losses and (3) ecological bonus in our eco-compensation strategy, as well as join two dynamic factors accounting in the calculation of ecological damage, (4) water quantity and (5) water quality. Besides, the total amount of compensation is changing over time. (6) Time scale factor is also used to simulate. In the article, we set three-time periods to calculate the different amount of compensation for the water source area. Finally, the Southern Shaanxi, supplied 70% water to Danjiangkou Reservoir, were analyzed by this model. We make full use of the reasonable eco-compensation strategy and try to solve actual problems of water source area and even provide a basis conception for the watershed protection and management.

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Redefining payments for environmental services

Cited by 233 publications

References 34 publications

Examining equity: A multidimensional framework for assessing equity in payments for ecosystem services

Examining equity: A multidimensional framework for assessing equity in payments for ecosystem services

Credit-Based Payments for Ecosystem Services: Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Ecuador

An Eco-Compensation Strategy in the Water Source Area: A Case for Southern Shaanxi in China

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