Essays about: "payments for ecosystem services"
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1. Effectiveness of the Costa Rican Payments for Ecosystem Services program in mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions: Trends in carbon stocks 2012-2020
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Payments for ecosystem services (PES), a mechanism of incentives or compensation to landowners for provision of ecosystem services, have grown as a tool for meeting conservation goals. The Costa Rican payments for ecosystem services (PSA) program is one of the best-known examples because of being one of the most established. READ MORE
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2. Meeting Forest Futures with Payments for Ecosystem Services? Assessing Payment for Ecosystem Services’ potential for co-financing forest biodiversity preservation and climate change mitigation in Germany.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : German forests are in a deteriorating state. The effects of climate change are increasingly showing and presenting society, and also forest owners, with the challenge of restructuring forests to become more climate resilient. READ MORE
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3. Balancing social and environmental sustainability: A qualitative case study about the social impacts of the Payments for Ecosystem Services program on rural farmers in Costa Rica
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Costa Rica has long been considered a leader in environmentally sustainable policy actions as the country aims to have 70% forest cover and much of their success has been attributed to the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) program. The program pays landowners to conserve their forests for the benefits nature provides, such as biodiversity, storing carbon, scenic beauty and fresh water regulation. READ MORE
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4. The Price of Protecting Forests : Assessing REDD+ Performance in Collaborative Governance in Vietnam
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The UNFCCC initiated mechanism Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is an important policy instrument for combating climate change, using payments to create economic incentives for developing countries to preserve their forests. However, there is a need for closer scrutiny of whether the mechanism is able to generate its intended outputs and outcomes. READ MORE
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5. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningAbstract : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. READ MORE
