The use of phytosociology to evaluate the efficiency of headwater preservation areas in the Andreas Stream Hydrographic Basin, RS, Brazil

Melo, Nilmar Azevedo de; Delevati, Dionei Minuzzi; Costa, Adilson Ben da; Lobo, Eduardo A.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107904

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“…The PWES policy has impacts on protected areas in various aspects (Locatelli et al 2008). The existing literature on the impact of this policy focuses on three key questions: (1) the impact on socio-economy, mainly regarding changes in the income, consumption, and employment of the service providers, and the resulting effect on households and poverty alleviation (Hegde and Bull 2011; Liu and Kontoleon 2018; Miranda et al 2003); (2) the impact on culture and institutions, which indicates that PWES can raise environmental awareness and improve institutional processes (Alix-Garcia et al 2018; Torres 2016; Van Hecken et al 2015); and (3) the impact on the ecological environment, which shows that PWES results in the accumulation of carbon sequestration, reduction of soil erosion, and improvement of aquatic ecosystems (Azevedo de Melo et al 2021;MEA 2005). However, the economic impacts of PWES on protected areas at the aggregate level are not clearly distinguished from the business-as-usual course.…”

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The Economic Impact of Payments for Water-related Ecosystem Services on Protected Areas: a Synthetic Control Analysis

Zhang

Zhu

Liu

et al. 2022

Water Resour Manage

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Payments for water-related ecosystem services (PWES) are increasingly popular in promoting water ecological conservation, and their impacts on development are of considerable interest. This study estimates the economic impact of PWES on protected areas by applying the synthetic control method.Using the Middle Route of the South to North Water Diversion Project in China as a case study, we nd that per capita GDP in protected areas increased markedly relative to a synthetic control region, and PWES has a positive economic impact. In addition, we conduct a variety of placebo tests to verify the validity and robustness of the results. We believe that the main factor of the positive economic impact lies in the development of the ecological-economic industrial system. This study provides a baseline for synthetic control analysis of PWES to compare regions of interest and their counterfactuals, and the ndings of the case study provide reference to the protected areas for their economic development.

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confidence: 99%