Participation in payments for ecosystem services: Case studies from the Lacandon rainforest, Mexico

Kosoy, Nicolás; Corbera, Esteve; Brown, Kate

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.08.007

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“…Finally, it is possible that a low payment is augmented by other non-monetary benefits; i.e. community organization and improved relations with management authorities, as has been seen in other PES projects (Kosoy et al, 2008;Wunder & Alban, 2008) and to which our data lend limited support.…”

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Payments for ecosystem services in an African protected area: exploring issues of legitimacy, fairness, equity and effectiveness

Gross-Camp

Martin²,

McGuire

et al. 2012

Oryx

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We explore the potential for payments for ecosystem services (PES) to reconcile conservation and development goals, using a case study of an experimental PES intervention around the Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda. The scheme involves the purchase of biodiversity conservation services from local communities in four selected locations. Although a portion of the payment is awarded at the household level, it is the collective action of the community that determines the level of the payment. Contracts are negotiated annually and include performance indicators within each participating community. We examine the ability of PES to achieve conservation and development objectives, through three sub-questions: Is the PES scheme effective? Is it legitimate and fair? Is it equitable? Our findings indicate that the relationship between these evaluation criteria is complex, with both trade-offs and synergies. In this case study the effectiveness of PES is dependent on the equitable distribution of the payment, participants' belief and acceptance of the service being paid for, institutional histories that aid in the establishment of legitimacy and fairness, and the complementary nature of PES to more conventional enforcement methods.

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Payments for ecosystem services in an African protected area: exploring issues of legitimacy, fairness, equity and effectiveness

Gross-Camp

Martin²,

McGuire

et al. 2012

Oryx

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“…Household Income as a proxy of knowledge and experience was concluded as a significant determinant of PES participation though dependent on specific income level and program contexts [29,40]. Land, as the principal productive asset for rural households, has been commonly identified as a determinant of participation [66,67]. Also, Location variable indicates whether the willingness to participate in different provinces reflects consistently the differences in interest between upstream and downstream stakeholders within the MRC [46].…”

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“…• Land Area Land size is thought to be positively correlated with program participation, because rural households with more land are more likely to contract-out some of their lands while not jeopardizing their income-generating potential [64,66]. However, the statistical insignificant results for Land Area variable may be caused by two reasons.…”

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Estimation of Rural Households’ Willingness to Accept Two PES Programs and Their Service Valuation in the Miyun Reservoir Catchment, China

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:As the only surface water source for Beijing, the Miyun Reservoir and its catchment (MRC) are a focus for concern about the degradation of ecosystem services (ES) unless appropriate payments for ecosystem services (PES) are in place. This study used the contingent valuation method (CVM) to estimate the costs of two new PES programs, for agriculture and forestry, and to further calculate the economic value of ES in the MRC from the perspective of local rural households' willingness to accept (WTA). The results of Logit model including WTA and the variables of household and village indicate that the local socio-economic context has complex effects on the WTA of rural households. In particular, the bid amount, location and proportion of off-farm employment would have significant positive effects on the local WTA. In contrast, the insignificance of the PES participation variable suggests that previous PES program experiences may negatively impact subsequent program participation. The mean WTA payments for agriculture and forestry PES programs were estimated as 8531 and 8187 yuan/ha/year, respectively. These results consistently explain the differentiated opportunity costs on both farmland and forestry land. Meanwhile, the differentiated WTA values in Beijing vs. the surrounding Hebei Province follow the interest differences and development gaps between jurisdictions. Finally, the total economic value of ES in the MRC area was estimated at 11.1 billion yuan/year). The rational economic value of ES for the restoration priority areas reaches 515.2 million yuan/year. For the existing budget gap (299 million yuan/year), the study proposed that decision makers increase the water tariff by 0.08 yuan to raise the funds needed. The study also concluded that these results are not only financially and politically feasible but also cost-effective. This study has policy implications for improving the implementation efficiency and providing quantified supports for PES programs in megacity source water area.

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“…Third, constant pressures Responding to disturbances: lessons from a Mayan social-ecological system 833 for high-yield productive activities are leading to social-ecological vulnerability while diminishing sustainable practices for managing resources (Ayala 2001;Martínez-Ballesté et al 2006). Finally, public conservation policies, like payment for environmental services (PES) or protected areas (PA), are being questioned about their real capacity for maintaining long-term effects on forest conservation (Ellis and Porter-Bolland 2008;Kosoy et al 2008). Nevertheless, some Mayan communities in the region have responded to these challenges relying on cultural values and not only on improvised responses, making relevant the understanding of the social-ecological systems they conform (Gómez-Pompa and Kaus 1999; Smardon and Faust 2006).…”

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Responding to disturbances: lessons from a Mayan socio-ecological system

González-Cruz¹,

Garcı́a-Frapolli²,

Casas

et al. 2015

Int J Commons

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Abstract:The Mayans of the Yucatán Peninsula, together with their environment, conform social-ecological systems with adaptation and resilience to natural, political and economic disturbances. In this study, we use the framework of socialecological systems for describing a mechanism that allows a Mayan community and its natural environment to respond to disturbances over time. We describe (1) the activities that members of the community develop as part of their strategy for managing natural resource management, and (2) the history of the socialecological system focusing on meaningful events: changes in their institutional body, landscape and/or practices for exploiting natural resources, and interactions between these changes. Through both semi-structured and in-depth interviews, historical narratives and participant observation, we found that managers use the environmental heterogeneity to diversify the exploitation of species, manage the secondary vegetation and protect mature vegetation. Formal and informal institutions of access, regulation and administration of natural resources regulate 832 Gabriela González-Cruz et al.productive activities and management practices. These institutions operate differentially at the levels of environmental units (prohibition of the exploitation of the natural resources of mature tropical forests) and species (protection of the jaguar and cougar). Diversification of productive activities, management of environmental heterogeneity and the presence of flexible institutions enable responses in the social-ecological systems that have the potential to contribute to its long-term maintenance. Comprehensive studies like this might help to understand adaptive capacity and social-ecological resilience.

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Participation in payments for ecosystem services: Case studies from the Lacandon rainforest, Mexico

Cited by 212 publications

References 25 publications

Payments for ecosystem services in an African protected area: exploring issues of legitimacy, fairness, equity and effectiveness

Payments for ecosystem services in an African protected area: exploring issues of legitimacy, fairness, equity and effectiveness

Estimation of Rural Households’ Willingness to Accept Two PES Programs and Their Service Valuation in the Miyun Reservoir Catchment, China

Responding to disturbances: lessons from a Mayan socio-ecological system

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