Claas Meyer

TL;DR: A system for the multi-classification of PES schemes based on different PES characteristics and their specifications is introduced, indicating that characteristics such as intermediary involvement, involvement of governmental actors, contract length, co-benefits, voluntariness in entering the PES agreement, and design of Pes as output-based schemes are of particular importance for the success of P ES schemes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the main water and biodiversity acts, current policy developments, and future trends within the US and the EU and showed that most acts cannot be explicitly characterized as ES-driven policies, but parts of the concept are already included.

TL;DR: This research focused on the interplay of several design rules and conducted a comparative analysis of AEMs' institutional arrangements by examining 49 German cases and showed that combinations of certain design rules such as environmental goal targeting and area targeting conditioned the success of the Aems.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw back on an economic institutionalist perspective to validate the deviating understandings, and conclude that regarding EU CC as payment for public goods does not generally align with the existing German property rights distribution.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a set of methods that seem particularly promising in view of analyzing ecosystem services governance, including qualitative comparative analysis, stated preference analysis, contingent valuation, economic experiments, participatory social network analysis, simulation and role playing games, as well as ecosystem services modeling.