An assessment of market-based approaches to providing ecosystem services on agricultural lands

Kroeger, Timm; Casey, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.021

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“…Water allocation decision-makers are therefore in a stronger position to justify both intra-and inter-district re-allocations. The method also facilitates the identification of specific areas within magisterial districts (on a meso-zone scale) to serve as focal points for intervention on key issues, such as rural to urban re-allocations (Gutman, 2007;Kroeger and Casey, 2007).…”

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“…This would improve the information available for water allocation decision making, which would enable more efficient and equitable water allocations amongst users. For example, the inequitable (and possibly inefficient) allocation of water resources away from rural areas (where they are generated) towards urban/developed areas could potentially be further interrogated and communicated using this methodology (Gutman, 2007;Kroeger and Casey, 2007).…”

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Integrating socio-economic and biophysical data to support water allocations within river basins: An example from the Inkomati Water Management Area in South Africa

Lange

Wise

Forsyth

et al. 2010

Environmental Modelling & Software

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Sustainable natural resource management requires inputs from both the natural and the social sciences. Since natural and social systems are inter-related and inter-dependent, it is essential that these data can be integrated within a given analysis, which requires that they are spatially compatible. However, existing environmental and socio-economic monitoring networks tend to observe, collect and report socio-economic and biophysical data separately; with the result that much of these data are spatially incompatible, adding to the complexity of objective and consistent resource management. We present an approach for overcoming spatial incompatibilities between socio-economic and biophysical data; based on a meta-modelling approach using Geographical Information Systems and an application of a water-use simulation model. The method is developed and applied to the irrigation agriculture sector in the Inkomati Water Management Area in South Africa. Agricultural 2 census data, which is measured on a magisterial district scale, is integrated with georeferenced land cover data, which is independent of political boundaries. This allows us to increase the resolution at which data on the economic value derived from irrigation water is presented, from coarse magisterial district scale to a finer (49km 2 ) 'meso-zone' scale, enabling more efficient allocations of irrigation water within magisterial districts.

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Integrating socio-economic and biophysical data to support water allocations within river basins: An example from the Inkomati Water Management Area in South Africa

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Forsyth

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“…Second, a wide range of techniques has been developed in recent years to value ecosystem services, broadly based on the benefits perceived by those consuming them, rather than the costs of provision (Kroeger and Casey, 2007;Glenk et al this issue). For example, revealed preference techniques might be well suited to capturing use values (e.g.…”

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Improving the link between payments and the provision of ecosystem services in agri-environment schemes

Moxey²,

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. 2014. Improving the link between payments and the provision of ecosystem services in agri-environment schemes.Contact CEH NORA team at noraceh@ceh.ac.ukThe NERC and CEH trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner.Improving the link between payments and the provision of ecosystem services in agri-environment schemes in UK peatlands AbstractThis paper considers how agri-environment schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy could be adapted to derive a higher return of ecosystem services from agricultural land, through deliberation with members of the public, land owners, managers and other stakeholders: i) paying for the ecosystem services that are valued most by society; ii) spatially targeting payments to locations where ecosystem services can most efficiently be provided; and iii) providing incentives for cross-boundary collaboration over the provision of ecosystem services that need to be managed at catchment or wider spatial scales. Using UK upland peatlands as a case study, and drawing on experience tackling these issues in the new Glastir agri-environment scheme in Wales, the paper attempts to find a balance between current input-based schemes that pay for land management activities on the basis of income foregone and output-based schemes that pay by results. The paper reviews evidence that spatially targeted, output-based payments may be more economically efficient than current approaches, but identifies a number of challenges, including: scientific uncertainty; pricing of ecosystem services; timing of payments; increased risk to land managers; compliance with World Trade Organisation regulations; and barriers to cross-boundary collaboration in the management of ecosystem services at habitat, catchment or landscape scales. A number of options are reviewed to overcome these challenges, including: the use of process-based models, pressureresponse functions and expert knowledge to establish causal links between management and ecosystem service delivery and reduce the costs of monitoring; the use of competitive bidding or non-market valuation techniques to set prices for ecosystem service delivery; insurance schemes; combining agri-environment schemes with funding from private Payment for Ecosystem Service schemes; and independent facilitation of groups of potential applicants across property boundaries in scheme options that are co-designed with the land management community. Drawing on examples from UK peatlands and experience designing the Glastir scheme, the paper 2 proposes a number of ways in which agri-environment schemes around the world that make payments on the basis of management inputs can better link payments to the provision of ecosystem services.

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“…The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of policy instruments in general, and PES schemes in particular, are strongly influenced by the characteristics of the ecosystem, the ecosystem services and the related transactions targeted (Hagedorn et al 2002;Kroeger & Casey 2007). Conservation and management of farm trees is connected with multiple transactions, including planting, pruning and/or coppicing of trees and shrubs, producing and selling firewood and fruit, and 'producing' cultural ecosystem services for people living in or visiting the area.…”

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Obstacles and options for the design and implementation of payment schemes for ecosystem services provided through farm trees in Saxony, Germany

Schleyer

Plieninger

2011

Envir. Conserv.

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SUMMARYAgricultural crops and pasturelands cover 24-38% of the global land area, and thus the ecological services that agricultural systems provide are of utmost societal importance. An important determinant of ecosystem services provision from European farmland is the amount and spatial arrangement of trees, shrubs and woodlands that are integrated into the respective landuse systems. This paper uses an institutional economics framework for the analysis of payment schemes for ecosystem services (PES schemes) that enhance the establishment, conservation and management of farm trees and woodlands, elaborating on the reasons for the often very reluctant participation of farmers in these schemes. PES schemes in Saxony (Germany) were selected as a typical example. Obstacles identified included high production costs and opportunity costs for land use, contractual uncertainties, land-tenure implications and heterogeneous societal preferences for ecosystem services of farm trees. Further, since scheme adoption has been relatively low compared with the total area covered by the respective farm tree types in Saxony, the PES schemes alone could not explain the substantial increase in number and size of some farm-tree types, in particular hedgerows. Regionalized premiums, result-oriented remuneration and cooperative approaches are options to improve participation in PES schemes for farm trees. The example of PES schemes for farm trees highlights one of the major challenges for the protection and preservation of cultural landscapes: they are manmade and thus need to be preserved, managed and maintained continuously.

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An assessment of market-based approaches to providing ecosystem services on agricultural lands

Cited by 222 publications

References 34 publications

Integrating socio-economic and biophysical data to support water allocations within river basins: An example from the Inkomati Water Management Area in South Africa

Integrating socio-economic and biophysical data to support water allocations within river basins: An example from the Inkomati Water Management Area in South Africa

Improving the link between payments and the provision of ecosystem services in agri-environment schemes

Obstacles and options for the design and implementation of payment schemes for ecosystem services provided through farm trees in Saxony, Germany

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