Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
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Todo proceso de apropiación de los recursos naturales involucra la interacción de distintos agentes sociales a partir de la ejecución de determinadas prácticas de apropiación, entendidas éstas últimas como los usos, formas de acceso y... more
Este documento revisa una gran variedad de instrumentos que se pueden usar para inducir cambios en los usos de recursos naturales con el fin de alinear los intereses de actores locales con otros intereses que también son afectados por... more
Market-based conservation instruments, such as Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), have become a dominant paradigm for environmental policies. Despite their broad endorsement, the implementation of PES schemes often rests on... more
Ecuador has experienced one of the highest rates of deforestation in South America over the turn of the century with consequent threats to the provision of essential life-supporting environmental services. The Ecuadorian government... more
Neoliberal conservation describes a dynamic wherein prominent organizations around the world concerned with biodiversity protection have increasingly adopted strategies and mechanisms that seek to reconcile conservation with economic... more
Un nuovo paradigma che ponga l’ambiente come fattore propulsivo dello sviluppo richiede di essere “messo alla prova” nelle aree rurali, che per prime hanno subito gli effetti ambientali negativi del processo di industrializzazione. La... more
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) defines ecosystem services as the benefits that humans receive from the nature, such as clean water, food, fiber, wood, timber, medicinal herbs, leaf-litters, bush meat, groundwater recharge,... more
This Continuous Assessment (CA) is part of module Global Transaction, Banking and Payment Systems (Duane, 2015). The topic chosen for this CA is ‘Ripple protocol’ and its role in developing a banking payment system in regards to other... more
En este estudio se evaluaron las principales condiciones económicas y legal-institucionales para que el PSA sea viable a los usuarios de la tierra en la Amazonia peruana. Económicamente PSA son viables cuando los beneficiarios de... more
Perkembangan teknologi tak di pungkiri ikut mengubah kebiasaan masyarakat, termasuk dalam aktivitas keuangan. Dengan teknologi saat ini, masyarakat bisa memilih beragam layanan keuangan yang mudah dan cepat. Bahkan cukup memakai alat... more
Concept of ecosystem services has been gaining enormous popularity after the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), 2005. Identification of ecosystem services is crucial to estimate economic values of ecosystems and calculate monetary... more
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are increasingly popular market driven conservation strategies which involve a willing buyer and willing provider of ecosystem services coming together for mutual benefits through market or... more
From local governance regimes to policies and markets, diverse institutions are crucial for ensuring effective natural resource management. Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) are being adopted globally as a potential strategy for... more
The PES Sourcebook was developed to provide potential managers of PES projects with basic background material on PES that is required to effectively design, implement, and manage PES programs. The Sourcebook uses a broad perspective on... more
This article outlines a novel framework for investigating complex intersections among divergent approaches to enacting environmental governance. I term this the study of ‘‘diverse ecologies.’’ The framework builds on J.K. Gibson-Graham’s... more
Political racialization has shaped the route to political power in Guyana from the mid-1950s, cementing ethnic insecurity and patronage politics. The 22-year rule of the East Indian-dominated Party is threatened by disaffection with... more
Brexit presents both risks and opportunities. The European Union’s (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been subject to piecemeal reforms, but Brexit offers an altogether more far reaching opportunity to redesign the UK’s... more
Les Paiements pour Services Environnementaux, ou PSE, sont de nouveaux outils d'incitation économique pour réduire la dégradation des ressources naturelles. Il s'agit de rémunérer les propriétaires, les usagers, ou les gestionnaires des... more
The Caucasus region has been identified by international conservation organizations as a “global hotspot” for biodiversity. Among the nations of the South Caucasus, the environment of the Republic of Armenia faces widespread degradation... more
This study assesses the effectiveness of climate-resilient agriculture (CRA) practices in terms of cost–benefits, and prioritizes the activities involved. It was carried out in the Udayapur district of Nepal, where the application of CRA... more
A B S T R A C T The Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) concept is mainly based on Coasean economics theory that emphasizes the creation of a voluntary or market-based transaction for ecosystem services. Alternatively, many PES practiced... more
The concept of Payments for Ecosystem or Environmental Services (PES) has attracted growing attention in both academic and policy circles. The main premise of this approach is appealing: land users, who tend to be poorly, if at all,... more
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) has become a popular means to neoliberalize biodiversity conservation throughout the world. Yet research on PES is increasingly focused on debating exactly how neoliberal programmes really are,... more