Payments for ecosystem services from watershed protection: A methodological assessment of the Oasis Project in Brazil

Young, Carlos Eduardo Frickmann; Bakker, Leonardo Barcellos de

doi:10.4322/natcon.2014.013

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“…Land use, land-cover change scenarios, and hydrological models show problems related to water storage, food production and ES regulation, such as sediment control, water purification and retention (Koschke et al, 2014;Lima et al, 2014;Saad et al, 2016). The studies show the impacts of ecosystem degradation on water resources and propose forest restoration to protect them and increase aquifer recharge, groundwater flows and river discharge equilibrium (Watanabe and Ortega, 2011;Young and Bakker, 2014). Proposals such as Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), focus on compensation for local communities in exchange for the preservation of natural forests and their ES (Klemick, 2011).…”

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“…Studies that associate regulating ES with water quality involve the maintenance and restoration of vegetation cover (Brancalion et al, 2014) and the valuation and charge for water use, from economic-ecologic modeling (Andrade et al, 2015;Garcia and Romeiro, 2015) and payment schemes for ecosystem services (PES) for water-resource protection (Young and Bakker, 2014;Zanella et al, 2014). Studies involving multiple ES generally include regulation of water quality, water supply and erosion prevention and control, which emphasize the development of a spatial approach for the effects of land use/land cover on the capacity to provide or maintain ES (Lima et al, 2017;Periotto and Tundisi, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recently, studies have focused on the evaluation of adopted and successful PES mechanisms, which compensate landowners who agree to conserve natural forest areas associated with watershed protection (Lima et al, 2017). These studies combine payment schemes with the opportunity cost of land (Alarcon et al, 2016;2017), indexes of quality and quantity of conservation and the relationships between the minimum amount of money that farmers would demand to get involved in PES programs for forest conservation and restoration (Young and Bakker, 2014;Zanella et al, 2014). The impacts of such programs on economic (regarding opportunity costs) and non-economic factors (such as trust and participation in scheme design) play a crucial role in determining decisions by land users on whether to participate in PES schemes in a sustained way (Zanella et al, 2014).…”

Section: Payment For Ecosystem Services Programs (Pes)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Research on ecosystem services in Brazil: a systematic review

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Fidalgo²,

Luz³

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Rev. ambiente água

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Studies using the ‘ecosystem services’ (ES) approach developed in Brazil based on the framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), and range from quantitative and qualitative evaluation to the development of economic instruments for payment for ecosystem services (PES) or compensation for their maintenance, mainly for hydrological services. In order to summarize current knowledge regarding ES, the structure for teaching in ES, and also to provide a basis for future research in Brazil, we carried out a systematic review of publications on ES and a study on the availability of undergraduate and graduate courses related to ES. We found 282 publications for the 2006-2017 period, which included peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, theses, dissertations, articles in annals and technical publications. We identified current knowledge, knowledge gaps and trends in ES researches that may guide surveys and scenario analyses for future studies, in different biomes and regions of the country. Atlantic Forest and Amazon are the most-studied biome. Most of the studies were related to the evaluation of different types of ES and to the development of methodologies for their evaluation and monitoring. The most common ES are related to biodiversity, carbon sequestration and water.

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Research on ecosystem services in Brazil: a systematic review

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Fidalgo²,

Luz³

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“…Palavras-chave: Bacias com dados escassos; Curvas de permanência; Integração quali-quantitativa; Nutrientes; Indicadores de contaminação fecal. Marques et al 3/13 (TAFFARELLO et al, 2017), some Brazilian projects on payment for ecosystem services consider total phosphorus loads in the calculation of the value to be paid, such as Oásis (SOVACOOL, 2011;NUNES et al, 2013;YOUNG;BAKKER, 2014). Other initiatives have quantified total phosphorus loads through environmental monitoring activities, such as in the Projeto Produtor de Águas/PCJ (Water Producer Project) (VIANI; BRACALE, 2015) in order to aid in the parameterization of hydrological models (TAFFARELLO et al, 2018).…”

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Phosphorus and thermotolerant coliforms’ loads in Brazilian watersheds with limited data: considerations on the integrated analysis of water quality and quantity

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Taffarello

Calijuri

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Integrated analyses of the qualitative and quantitative aspects of aquatic ecosystems play an important role in decision making, which is linked to water resources management and promotion of ecosystem services. However, the possible advantages of such integration are still hampered by basic aspects, such as high uncertainties due to the partial and non-synchronized monitoring of discharges and observed concentrations of water quality variables. The lack of data has been limiting the adequate representation of a more accurate hydrological regime, which is in turn possibly affected by the potential effects of land use and size of drainage areas. The aim of this research was to discuss the advantages of the integrated analysis of qualitative and quantitative data from water bodies. Under different specific discharge regimes (L.s -1.km-2), we assessed the total phosphorus (TP, t.day-1 .km-2) and thermotolerant coliforms’ (TC, CFU.day-1.km -2) specific loads in rivers with different drainage areas (27-26,500 km 2) and land uses. We compared such loads with the admissible specific loads for these variables, which were estimated based on long-term average discharges and water quality guidelines (i.e., Brazilian environmental standards). Based on data from 2001-2013, we sought to contribute to the qualitative and quantitative analysis of surface waters, focusing on the discussion of the results on critical thresholds of duration and critical loads and discharges. The results showed the existence of significant time intervals with conflicts between the specific admissible and observed loads. This non-compliance varied between 10 and 100% of the duration of the regime for TP, and between 25 and 100% for TC, with a more critical situation observed in rivers with smaller drainage areas. The critical loads ranged from 1 10-4 to 8 10-3 t.day-1.km-2 (TP) and 1 10-2 to 1 10-1 CFU.day-1.km-2 (TC). Although a relatively limited dataset was considered (total N=1,402), the significant variations in discharges and critical loads highlighted the need for considering how these dynamics would affect the traditional methodology for estimating ecological flows, whose current approach is almost exclusively quantitative.

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“…De acordo com relatórios do Painel Intergovernamental de Mudança Climáticas (IPCC), o desmatamento na Amazônia, por exemplo, ainda apresenta níveis elevados, emitindo um imenso volume de gases de efeito estufa. Para Young et al (2007), a emissão de gases de efeito estufa por desmatamento no Brasil representa em torno de 75% das emissões do país, e o coloca entre as cinco nações que mais emitem no mundo.…”

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Código Florestal e Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais: um estudo de caso com base na redução de carbono emitido e abordagem sistêmica das unidades de produção agrícola

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Com o novo Código Florestal (Lei nº 12.651, de 25 de maio de 2012) está se discutindo a implementação de um programa de Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais (PSA) para as áreas de conservação. Este trabalho objetiva avaliar a área de uma propriedade familiar em relação à adequação a nova legislação e a proposição de um programa de PSA.Foi realizado o mapeamento da área, visita in loco para observação das áreas de mata nativa e levantamento de informações com o proprietário.Com base nestas informações, realizou-se o cálculo da conservação do carbono e um diagnóstico dos sistemas de produção com base na abordagem sistêmica.O estudo de caso apontou para a importância de um PSA em uma propriedade familiar, tendo como base a área de conservação existente, as emissões de carbono evitado, no caso de desmatamento, e o baixo custo em relação a uma possível recuperação da área.

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Payments for ecosystem services from watershed protection: A methodological assessment of the Oasis Project in Brazil

Cited by 31 publications

References 6 publications

Research on ecosystem services in Brazil: a systematic review

Research on ecosystem services in Brazil: a systematic review

Phosphorus and thermotolerant coliforms’ loads in Brazilian watersheds with limited data: considerations on the integrated analysis of water quality and quantity

Código Florestal e Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais: um estudo de caso com base na redução de carbono emitido e abordagem sistêmica das unidades de produção agrícola

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