Forest cover effects of payments for ecosystem services: Evidence from an impact evaluation in Brazil

Fiorini, Ana Carolina Oliveira; Mullally, Conner; Swisher, Marilyn E.; Putz, Francis E.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106522

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“…Overall, predicting tree species recruitment at the scale of individual trees and properties will improve decision support for reforestation projects (Brancalion et al, 2019; Crouzeilles et al, 2020). Using models similar to the one we have developed here, restoration managers could identify target areas with high natural regeneration as low‐cost opportunities for forest recovery (Chazdon & Guariguata, 2018), at the scale of landowner properties where restoration interventions take place (Oliveira Fiorini et al, 2020). Given that different tree species provide different ecosystem services, and farmer preference for particular species can vary (Garen et al, 2009), forecasts of individual species recruitment will boost the value of natural regeneration maps.…”

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“…An increasing number of national governments are mandating public access to cadastral data (Chekole et al, 2021;Femenia-Ribera & Mora-Navarro, 2018). Following the public release of cadastral data, policy interventions to promote reforestation and reduce deforestation are being applied at the level of properties, including payments for ecosystem services (Oliveira Fiorini et al, 2020). The wide availability and policy relevance of cadastral data mean that frameworks to include cadastral data in ecological models have broad applicability (Requena-Mullor et al, 2019).…”

Section: Effect Of Individual Property Ownership On Tree Recruitmentmentioning

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“…The majority of land in the Azuero Peninsula is privately owned, and property boundaries in the region help explain spatial heterogeneity in land cover change (Caughlin, de la Peña-Domene, & Martínez-Garza, 2019). In addition, private land parcels represent a unit commonly used in restoration interventions (Oliveira Fiorini et al, 2020). To account for individual property ownership in our models, we used a cadastral data set developed by Panama's National Authority for the Administration of Lands and provided by the Fundaci on Pro Eco Azuero.…”

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Species‐level tree crown maps improve predictions of tree recruit abundance in a tropical landscape

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Predicting forest recovery at landscape scales will aid forest restoration efforts.The first step in successful forest recovery is tree recruitment. Forecasts of tree recruit abundance, derived from the landscape-scale distribution of seed sources (i.e., adult trees), could assist efforts to identify sites with high potential for natural regeneration. However, previous work revealed wide variation in the effect of seed sources on seedling abundance, from positive to no effect. We quantified the relationship between adult tree seed sources and tree recruits and predicted where natural recruitment would occur in a fragmented, tropical, agricultural landscape.We integrated species-specific tree crown maps generated from hyperspectral imagery and property ownership data with field data on the spatial distribution of tree recruits from five species. We then developed hierarchical Bayesian models to predict landscape-scale recruit abundance. Our models revealed that speciesspecific maps of tree crowns improved recruit abundance predictions. Conspecific crown area had a much stronger impact on recruitment abundance (8.00% increase in recruit abundance when conspecific tree density increases from zero to one tree; 95% credible interval (CI): 0.80% to 11.57%) than heterospecific crown area (0.03% increase with the addition of a single heterospecific tree, 95% CI: À0.60% to 0.68%). Individual property ownership was also an important predictor of recruit abundance: The best performing model had varying effects of conspecific and heterospecific crown area on recruit abundance, depending on individual property ownership. We demonstrate how novel remote sensing approaches and cadastral data can be used to generate high-resolution and landscape-level maps of tree recruit abundance. Spatial models parameterized with field, cadastral, and remote sensing data are poised to assist decision support for forest landscape restoration.

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Species‐level tree crown maps improve predictions of tree recruit abundance in a tropical landscape

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“…It is important to understand how PES influences the cost-effectiveness of achieving desired conservation outcomes in diverse contexts. In Rio Claro, PAF did bring environmental additionality but at a relatively high cost [80]. If law enforcement is stringent and the legal system perceived to be just, enforcement alone will motivate pro-environmental behavior, and PES payments are unnecessary.…”

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Payment for Environment Services to Promote Compliance with Brazil’s Forest Code: The Case of “Produtores de Água e Floresta”

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Payments for ecosystems services (PES) can promote natural resource conservation by increasing compliance with environmental laws. Law enforcement and PES proponents assume that individuals make decisions about compliance based on expectations of gains, likelihood of being caught in non-compliance, and magnitude of sanctions. Brazil’s Forest Code, characterized by low levels of compliance, includes incentive and disincentive mechanisms. We interviewed landowners in the Atlantic Forest to understand their motivations to participate (or not) in a PES project, the effects of knowledge and perceptions of environmental regulations on compliance, and how both environmental regulations and PES affect land management decision-making. We found that neither expectations of financial gains nor PES payments drive behavioral change and that the perception of systemic corruption reduced compliance with environment regulations. There were important behavioral differences between long-term residents for whom the land is their main source of income and recent residents with little dependence on land-generated income.

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“…Estudos no contexto das margens fluviais tem utilizado técnicas de sensoriamento remoto para analisar a dinâmica de mudança de uso e cobertura da terra nessas áreas, mostrando um quadro geral em que a vegetação nativa é convertida para usos antrópicos ou passando por pressões advindas de queimadas (um risco iminente no Cerrado), mesmo estando protegidas pela legislação ambiental (OLIVEIRA FIORINI et al, 2020;SCHMIDT;ELOY, 2020).…”

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Análise Ambiental Nas Margens Fluviais Da Bacia Hidrográfica Do Rio Vieira - Município De Montes Claros/Mg

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A vegetação natural às margens dos cursos d'água são essenciais para manutenção da qualidade da água, microclima e biota nas proximidades desses cursos, logo, são ambientes protegidos pela legislação. O objetivo do trabalho foi analisar o uso e cobertura da terra às margens dos corpos hídricos da Bacia do Rio Vieira, no ano de 2016. Esse estudo se justifica pelo fato da área de estudo ter passado por diversos processos de mudança no uso e cobertura da terra. Foram utilizadas técnicas de sensoriamento remoto. Os maiores valores de NDVI e SVAI foram encontrados para áreas de vegetação natural e os menores para ambientes antrópicos. No período de estudo, a vegetação natural representava ~54%, enquanto os usos antrópicos compreenderam a ~46%. Chama-se atenção para as áreas antrópicas pois as margens fluviais são protegidas, e esse percentual é alto. Esse estudo é fundamental para gestão dos recursos hídricos e uso da terra na bacia do Rio Vieira. Palavras-chave: Uso da terra; Sensoriamento remoto; Cerrado; Bacia do Rio Vieira.

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Forest cover effects of payments for ecosystem services: Evidence from an impact evaluation in Brazil

Cited by 31 publications

References 63 publications

Species‐level tree crown maps improve predictions of tree recruit abundance in a tropical landscape

Species‐level tree crown maps improve predictions of tree recruit abundance in a tropical landscape

Payment for Environment Services to Promote Compliance with Brazil’s Forest Code: The Case of “Produtores de Água e Floresta”

Análise Ambiental Nas Margens Fluviais Da Bacia Hidrográfica Do Rio Vieira - Município De Montes Claros/Mg

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