Payments for environmental services in watersheds: Insights from a comparative study of three cases in Central America

Kosoy, Nicolás; Martinez-Tuna, Miguel; Muradian, Roldán; Martínez-Alier, Joan

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.03.016

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“…Considering these results, we could revisit the three examples provided by Kosoy et al (2007) to observe whether lower quantiles of the distribution are closer to the final payment in the real applications of PES provided by these authors. These studies were located in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica; all of them have very small sample sizes for an acceptable discrete choice statistical analysis, which is considered the standard in applied CV literature.…”

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A Bayesian quantile binary regression approach to estimate payments for environmental services

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ABSTRACT. Stated preference approaches, such as contingent valuation, focus mainly on the estimation of the mean or median willingness to pay (WTP) for an environmental good. Nevertheless, these two welfare measures may not be appropriate when there are social and political concerns associated with implementing a payment for environmental services (PES) scheme. In this paper the authors used a Bayesian estimation approach to estimate a quantile binary regression and the WTP distribution in the context of a contingent valuation PES application. Our results show that the use of other quantiles framed in the supermajority concept provides a reasonable interpretation of the technical nonmarket valuation studies in the PES area. We found that the values of the mean WTP are 10-37 times higher than the value that would support a supermajority of 70 per cent of the population.

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“…This finding led Kosoy et al (2007) to conclude that the technical studies did not influence the final design of the PES program and that WTP estimations overestimated the politically and socially feasible fees (Kosoy et al, 2007: 454).…”

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“…While this assists economic modelling, there remains scant evidence for such behavior in reality, with a majority of individuals displaying "irrational" behavior refl ecting the existence of other preferences (Camerer and Fehr 2006). Non-economic reasons driving conservation-oriented behavior may include religious beliefs, spiritual practices, environmental awareness, social mores, peer group pressure or the desire to exclude other resource users (van Helden 2001; Kosoy et al 2007). Equally, one might assume that irrational motives resulting in resource exploitation may exist, which could include immediate livelihood priorities such as food, fuel or the need for shelter, uncertainty over resource tenure and ownership or religious values that encourage resource degradation through a belief in human supremacy or inviolability.…”

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Valuing and Evaluating Marine Ecosystem Services: Putting the Right Price on Marine Environments?

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2014

Environment and Society

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Ⅲ ABSTRACT: Th e fl ow of ecosystem services from coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests sustains the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide. Faced with the global degradation of marine and coastal ecosystems, policy makers are increasingly focusing on ecosystem service valuation techniques to encourage conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. Here we provide a review and synthesis of the available information on economic valuation techniques as applied to tropical marine habitats. Our study demonstrates the high variability and lack of consistency in outcomes from these studies. We conclude that, if the concept of ecosystem goods and services is to make a positive contribution towards managing the impacts of humans on the environment, then economic valuation approaches must refl ect the inherent limitations of economic theory whilst emphasizing the complexity and heterogeneity of the natural environment and human decision making.

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“…Ecosystem service assessments applying a similar, interview-based methodology underline that local people's perceptions and experts' knowledge can be beneficial for local policy and management (c.f. Burkhard et al 2009;Kosoy et al 2007;Sheil et al 2006). …”

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Managing the current and future supply of ecosystem services in the Hungarian and Romanian Tisza River Basin

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Ecosystem services that sustain human wellbeing depend on the continued functioning of ecosystems, proper management and supporting institutions. However, the interaction between these factors and ecosystem services is poorly understood. Therefore, we assessed how ecosystem services are represented in policy measures, recognized by local population and affected by weather extremes. We studied the Hungarian and Romanian parts of the flood-exposed Tisza River Basin, where all these factors are relevant for regional land and water management. Our qualitative assessment shows that, although the two regions share similar environmental conditions, the different social and institutional settings of the two countries cause a divergence in ecosystem services. Locally produced provisioning services are better recognized in Romania, while regulating (particularly water-regulation) and cultural services are better recognized in Hungary. Food supply is most affected by climate-related weather extremes and most strongly controlled by policy measures in both countries. However, especially in Romania, policy measures support medicinal and genetic resources, and some regulating (e.g. pest regulation) and cultural services, only weakly or indirectly. We conclude that the analysis of ecosystem services in relation to climate-related weather extremes, policy measures and people's recognition can contribute to a better management of the Tisza River Basin. We suggest that a better incorporation of ecosystem services in policy and management strategies could enhance and diversify the ecosystem service supply. A further quantification of ecosystem services can, therefore, provide a base for targeted and integrated planning and improved regional policy making.

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Payments for environmental services in watersheds: Insights from a comparative study of three cases in Central America

Cited by 349 publications

References 31 publications

A Bayesian quantile binary regression approach to estimate payments for environmental services

A Bayesian quantile binary regression approach to estimate payments for environmental services

Valuing and Evaluating Marine Ecosystem Services: Putting the Right Price on Marine Environments?

Managing the current and future supply of ecosystem services in the Hungarian and Romanian Tisza River Basin

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