Can Payments for Environmental Services Help Reduce Poverty? An Exploration of the Issues and the Evidence to Date from Latin America

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Pagiola ◽  
Agustin Arcenas ◽  
Gunars Platais
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services

Payments for environmental services and rural livelihood strategies in Ecuador and Guatemala

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOUGLAS SOUTHGATE ◽  
TIMOTHY HAAB ◽  
JOHN LUNDINE ◽  
FABIÁN RODRÍGUEZ
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services ◽  
Rural Livelihood ◽  
Individual Strategies

ABSTRACTPresented in this paper are the results of two contingent valuation analyses, one undertaken in Ecuador and the other in Guatemala, of potential payments for environmental services (PES) directed toward rural households. We find that minimum compensation demanded by these households is far from uniform, depending in particular on individual strategies for raising incomes and dealing with risks. Our findings strengthen the case for allowing conservation payments to vary among recipients, which would be a departure from the current norm for PES initiatives in Latin America.

The role of deforestation risk and calibrated compensation in designing payments for environmental services

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENNIFER ALIX-GARCIA ◽  
ALAIN DE JANVRY ◽  
ELISABETH SADOULET
Keyword(s):  
Common Property ◽  
Budget Constraint ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services ◽  
Land Productivity ◽  
Payment Scheme ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Poor Communities

ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the gain in efficiency from including deforestation risk as a targeting criterion in payments for environmental services (PES) programs. We contrast two payment schemes that we simulate using data from Mexican common property forests: a flat payment scheme with a cap on allowable hectares per enrollee, similar to the program implemented in many countries, and a payment that takes deforestation risk and heterogeneity in land productivity into account. We simulate the latter strategy both with and without a budget constraint. Using observed past deforestation, we find that while risk-targeted payments are far more efficient, capped flat payments are more egalitarian. We also consider the characteristics of communities receiving payments from both programs. We find that the risk-weighted scheme results in more payments to poor communities, and that these payments are more efficient than those made to non-poor ejidos. Finally, we show that the risk of deforestation can be predicted quite precisely with indicators that are easily observable and that cannot be manipulated by the community.

Promotion of afforestation in New Zealand’s marginal agricultural lands through payments for environmental services

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 101212
Author(s):  
Thales A.P. West ◽  
Juan J. Monge ◽  
Les J. Dowling ◽  
Steve J. Wakelin ◽  
Holly K. Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Services ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services ◽  
Agricultural Lands

scholarly journals Gender and payments for environmental services: impacts of participation, benefit-sharing and conservation activities in Viet Nam

Oryx ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Pamela McElwee ◽  
Huệ Thị Văn Lê ◽  
Tuyến Phương Nghiêm ◽  
Hương Diệu Vũ ◽  
Nghị Hữư Trần
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Female Headed Households ◽  
Women Participation ◽  
Over Time

Abstract There has been a rapid expansion in the use of payments for environmental services (PES) as a key conservation finance policy. However, there is insufficient understanding of how gender can affect PES implementation and outcomes. We present results from a case study in Viet Nam, where a national PES programme has been in place for a decade. Through panel household survey data, focus groups and interviews, we examined how women have been involved in PES policies, what the impacts have been on decision-making by men and women, participation rates and use of PES income over time, and the potential conservation outcomes. Our research confirms that resource use varies between men and women, and changes in access rights can fall disproportionately on women. Participation in PES has been lower for female-headed households and for women within male-headed households, although gradually more equitable participation has evolved within households. Female-headed households reported expending more yearly effort on PES activities despite protecting less land, and also increased their conservation activities over time as they presumably became more familiar with PES. Use of income from PES also showed differences between male and female-led households, with men more likely to spend funds on non-essential goods. Within households, although men initially decided how to spend PES money, decision-making has become more equitable over time. We conclude with some recommendations on how to increase attention to gender in PES projects and future research to improve outcomes.

scholarly journals Upscaling Payments for Environmental Services (PES): Critical Issues

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romain Pirard ◽  
Raphaël Billé ◽  
Thomas Sembrés
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Services ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services ◽  
Critical Issues

scholarly journals Payments for Environmental Services in a Policymix: Spatial and Temporal Articulation in Mexico

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e0152514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Driss Ezzine-de-Blas ◽  
Céline Dutilly ◽  
José-Alberto Lara-Pulido ◽  
Gwenolé Le Velly ◽  
Alejando Guevara-Sanginés
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Services ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services
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