Essays about: "payments for ecosystem services"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words payments for ecosystem services.

  1. 6. Total carbon sequestration during an entire rotation period of oil palm in northern Borneo

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Josefin Runesson; [2019]
    Keywords : oil palm; carbon balance; carbon sequestration; land use change; soil carbon; carbon credits;

    Abstract : Considerable amounts of carbon (C) has been lost from tropical forests as a result of continuous conversion of tropical forests into oil palm plantations. Therefore, a better understanding of the C budget and potential sequestration rate in oil palm plantations and how it compares to natural forests is needed. READ MORE

  3. 7. Payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam : Perceptions of policy mobility on different levels

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Therese Engwall; [2019]
    Keywords : PES; Fairness; Effectivity; Inclusivity; Communication;

    Abstract : Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) has been seen as a strategy to reduce poverty while maintaining and increasing the supply of ecosystem services. Vietnam is the first country in Southeast Asia to implement PES as a law for forest protection. READ MORE

  4. 8. Watershed-based payment for ecosystem services in Liberia: Examining prospects and challenges for implementation in the St. Paul River Basin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Phillip Innis; [2016]
    Keywords : payments for watershed services; ecosystem services; sustainable land-use practices; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Payments for watershed services (PWS) are intended to provide incentives to land users to adopt sustainable land management practices. They are also increasingly viewed as having positive impacts on the livelihood of local communities around protected areas. The St. Paul River, located in the St. READ MORE

  5. 9. It’s a free-for-all : who owns soil ecosystem services on agricultural land?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Dennis Roitsch; [2016]
    Keywords : soil natural capital; saxony; common agricultural policy; property rights; sustainability science; payments for ecosystem services; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Soils provide the foundation for human well-being but are increasingly degrading from land use change or types of intensive land use like agriculture. In Europe, soil natural capital is degrading over time and space because of compaction, erosion, and the loss of organic matter. READ MORE

  6. 10. Forest Conservation and the Hadzabe. An integrated approach in protecting biodiversity and cultural diversity. Case study: Carbon Tanzania.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Sabrina Fassbender; [2016]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Historical Ecology; Community-based forest Conservation; REDD ; Carbon offsetting; Biocultural Diversity; Hunter-gatherer communities; Tanzania.;

    Abstract : Preventing emissions from deforestation is propagated as an effective strategy to combat climate change. At the same time forest landscapes are habitat to the last remaining traditional societies of this planet. For a long time forest conservation programs neglected the role of these indigenous communities for forest landscapes. READ MORE