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Paying for the hydrological services of Mexico's forests: Analysis, negotiations and results
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The Payment for Hydrological Environmental Services (PSAH) Program as mentioned in this paper was designed to complement other policy responses to the crisis at the interface of these problems, where the Mexican federal government pays participating forest owners for the benefits of watershed protection and aquifer recharge in areas where commercial forestry is not currently competitive.About:
This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2008-05-01. It has received 571 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Water scarcity & Watershed management.read more
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Pagamento por serviços ambientais na gestão de recursos hídricos: o caso de Extrema (MG) Payment for environmental services in water resources management: the case of Extrema (MG), Brazil
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the Conservador das Aguas program in the municipality of Extrema, Minas Gerais, Brazil and conclude that the results of this first experience in payment for environmental services projects can assist in the development of future scenarios of water resource management from the perspective of a more sustainable rural development.
Strengthening Connections Between Science and Public Policy: Forest Conversion in the Tropics and Associated Impacts on Forest Cover and Hydrology
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a list of contributors and funders and fund sources of information about the authors' activities and affiliations, as well as a table of FIGURES.
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Reply to: In defence of simplified PES designs
Sven Wunder,Sven Wunder,Sven Wunder,Roy Brouwer,Roy Brouwer,Stefanie Engel,Driss Ezzine-de-Blas,Roldan Muradian,Unai Pascual,Rute Pinto +9 more
TL;DR: Wunder et al. as discussed by the authors argue that the design and implementation of payments for environmental services (PES) is misguided in at least two respects: first, they supposedly framed their analysis on “economistic” design and implement concerns, thus relegating broader social-ecological contexts and drivers, in particular local legitimacy (and related concerns of equity and fairness).
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Land, environment and climate: Contributing to the global public good
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss global public goods related to the world's land resources, their current provision and likely future provision, their potential impacts on the world´s poorest households, as well as prospects for using foreign assistance to enhance these outcomes.
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Silver bullet or fools' gold? A global review of markets for forest environmental services and their impact on the poor.
N. Landell-Mills,Ina Porras +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define markets as regular gatherings of people for the purpose of buying and selling goods or services, distinguished from public payments to private landowners for ecosystem services, or private deals between a few buyers and sellers.
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Auctions for conservation contracts: an empirical examination of Victoria’s BushTender trial
TL;DR: In this paper, an auction of con- servation contracts was designed to reveal hidden information needed to facilitate meaningful transactions between landholders and government, and the results obtained from a pilot auction of conservation contracts run in two regions of Victoria were shown that auctioning conservation contracts for environmental outcomes is an important new policy mechanism that deserves closer examination.
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Auctioning Conservation Contracts: A Theoretical Analysis and an Application
TL;DR: In this article, a model of optimal bidding for conservation contracts is developed and applied to a hypothetical conservation program, and the model is used to analyze the potential benefits of auctions in allocating contracts for the provision of nonmarket goods in the countryside.