Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
Title | Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Fripp |
Publisher | CIFOR |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 2014-12-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 6021504577 |
One of the aims of the CoLUPSIA project is to explore options for establishing payments for ecosystem services (PES) within the two districts where the project is working: Seram and Kapuas Hulu. These guidelines were prepared to support the CoLUPSIA team in completing this assessment and have since been revised to incorporate some findings from the field assessments.
Effective Conservation Science
Title | Effective Conservation Science PDF eBook |
Author | Peter M. Kareiva |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0198808976 |
This novel text assembles some of the most intriguing voices in modern conservation biology. Collectively they highlight many of the most challenging questions being asked in conservation science today, each of which will benefit from new experiments, new data, and new analyses. The book's principal aim is to inspire readers to tackle these uncomfortable issues head-on. A second goal is to be reflective and consider how the field has reacted to challenges to orthodoxy, and to what extent have or can these challenges advance conservation science. Furthermore, several chapters discuss how to guard against confirmation bias. The overall goal is that this book will lead to greater conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity by harnessing the engine of constructive scientific scepticism in service of better results.
Ecosystem Services
Title | Ecosystem Services PDF eBook |
Author | Jetske A. Bouma |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 287 |
Release | 2015-01-29 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1107062888 |
This book draws on a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to provide a framework for translating concepts into ecosystem-related decision making and practice.
Paying for Biodiversity
Title | Paying for Biodiversity PDF eBook |
Author | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Publisher | Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Development |
Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 2010-10-12 |
Genre | Biodiversity |
ISBN |
Drawing on the literature concerning effective Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) programmes and on more than 30 case studies, this book aims to identify good practice in the design and implementation of PES programmes so as to enhance their environmental and cost effectiveness.
Ecosystem services certification: Opportunities and constraints
Title | Ecosystem services certification: Opportunities and constraints PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Meijaard |
Publisher | CIFOR |
Total Pages | 72 |
Release | 2011-09-13 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 6028693596 |
A major challenge in trading ecosystem services is the need to quantify and commoditise services, for monitoring and verification as well as for trade. This is relatively straightforward for goods such as forest honey or shade-grown coffee, but potentially complex for services such as water purification, reducing risk from floods or other disasters or carbon sequestration. Developing certification systems for forest ecosystem services is one potential way to define, quantify and verify these services in a way that buyers can trust, and this is why certification of ecosystem services is promoted by a number of environmental and forestry NGOs. Certification of ecosystem services is a useful concept, but many practical and theoretical obstacles must be addressed before it can be put into practice. This paper is a review of existing development in certification of ecosystem services, with information useful for designing and implementing projects to evaluate the efficacy of new systems. We discuss the potential use of more holistic concepts for measuring management sustainability, which are to date undeveloped and untested, and recommend developing pilot projects that are specifically designed to address a number of challenges inherent to ecosystem service certification.
Payments for Environmental Services
Title | Payments for Environmental Services PDF eBook |
Author | Sven Wunder |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Ecosystem management |
ISBN |
Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry
Title | Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry PDF eBook |
Author | Bruno Rapidel |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 449 |
Release | 2012-06-25 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1136537619 |
Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide, but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment, such as soil conservation, water quality and biodiversity conservation, as well as their contribution to mitigating and adapting to climate change. In order to cope with these multiple service functions, they must internalize the costs and benefits of their environmental impact. Payments for ecosystem services are hoped to encourage and promote sustainable practices via financial incentives. The authors show that while the principle is straightforward, the practice is much more complicated. Whereas scenic beauty and protection of water sources provide benefits to the local population, carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation can be considered international public goods, rendering potential payment schemes more complex. Few examples exist where national or international bodies have been able to set up viable mechanisms that compensate agricultural systems for the environmental services they provide. However this book provides several examples of successful programs, and aims to transfer them to other regions of the world. The authors show that a product can be sold if it is clearly quantified, there exists a means to determine the service's values, and there is a willing buyer. The first two sections of the book present methodological issues related to the quantification and marketing of ecosystem services from agriculture, including agroforestry. The third and final section presents case studies of practical payments for ecosystem services and experiences in Central and South America, and draws some lessons learnt for effective and sustainable development of ecosystem services compensation mechanisms.