The perceptions about payment schemes for ecosystem services: Study case of the San Miguel and Santo Tomás Ajusco community, Mexico

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Perevochtchikova ◽  
Iskra Alejandra Rojo Negrete
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
Study Case

scholarly journals Structural model of forest ecosystem services’ payment for water quality improvement

2019 ◽  
pp. 238-245
Author(s):  
Mariyana Lybenova ◽  
Alexandre Chikalanov ◽  
Yulian Petkov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Forest Ecosystem Services ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
Structured Information ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Web Platform

The publication deals with the development of a structural model of payment schemes for ecosystem services (PES) oriented to usage of forests for water, soil and microclimate quality improvement. Proposed structural model is built on the Meta analyses base of more than 50 PES schemes worldwide. The proposed structural model has three top down levels – groups of categories, categories and attributes. There are seven groups of categories, 17 categories and more than 120 attributes. The structured information about studied PES schemes is stored in a warehouse managed by unique web platform created by the authors. An important part presented study is the developed generic use case of PES schemes with definition of seven participated actors.

scholarly journals Payment schemes for hydrological ecosystem services as a political instrument for the sustainable management of natural resources and poverty reduction – a case study from Belén, Nicaragua

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hack
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Natural Resource Use ◽  
Payment Schemes

Abstract. The importance of intact ecosystems for human-wellbeing as well as the dependence on functions and services they provide is undoubted. But still neither the costs of ecosystem degradation nor the benefits from ecosystem functions and services appear on socio-economic balance sheets when development takes place. Consequently overuse of natural resources is socio-economically promoted by conventional resource management policies and external effects (externalities), equally positives and negatives, remain unregarded. In this context the potential of payments for hydrological ecosystem services as a political instrument to foster sustainable natural resource use, and rural development shall be investigated. This paper introduces the principle concept of such payments, presents a case study from Nicaragua and highlights preliminary effects of the application of this instrument on natural resource use and development.

The history of ecosystem services in economic theory and practice: From early notions to markets and payment schemes

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1209-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Gómez-Baggethun ◽  
Rudolf de Groot ◽  
Pedro L. Lomas ◽  
Carlos Montes
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Fairly efficient, efficiently fair: Lessons from designing and testing payment schemes for ecosystem services in Asia

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beria Leimona ◽  
Meine van Noordwijk ◽  
Rudolf de Groot ◽  
Rik Leemans
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Payment Schemes

scholarly journals Obstacles and options for the design and implementation of payment schemes for ecosystem services provided through farm trees in Saxony, Germany

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN SCHLEYER ◽  
TOBIAS PLIENINGER
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
High Production ◽  
Societal Preferences

SUMMARYAgricultural crops and pasturelands cover 24–38% of the global land area, and thus the ecological services that agricultural systems provide are of utmost societal importance. An important determinant of ecosystem services provision from European farmland is the amount and spatial arrangement of trees, shrubs and woodlands that are integrated into the respective land-use systems. This paper uses an institutional economics framework for the analysis of payment schemes for ecosystem services (PES schemes) that enhance the establishment, conservation and management of farm trees and woodlands, elaborating on the reasons for the often very reluctant participation of farmers in these schemes. PES schemes in Saxony (Germany) were selected as a typical example. Obstacles identified included high production costs and opportunity costs for land use, contractual uncertainties, land-tenure implications and heterogeneous societal preferences for ecosystem services of farm trees. Further, since scheme adoption has been relatively low compared with the total area covered by the respective farm tree types in Saxony, the PES schemes alone could not explain the substantial increase in number and size of some farm-tree types, in particular hedgerows. Regionalized premiums, result-oriented remuneration and cooperative approaches are options to improve participation in PES schemes for farm trees. The example of PES schemes for farm trees highlights one of the major challenges for the protection and preservation of cultural landscapes: they are man-made and thus need to be preserved, managed and maintained continuously.

scholarly journals Water-Related Payment Schemes for Forest Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European (SEE) Countries

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 654
Author(s):  
Dijana Vuletić ◽  
Silvija Krajter Ostoić ◽  
Ljiljana Keča ◽  
Mersudin Avdibegović ◽  
Kristina Potočki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Forest Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forestry Sector ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Definition Of

This paper examines the level of payment for ecosystem services (PES) concept implementation in the financing of water-related forest ecosystem services (ES) in the Republic of Croatia, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H), the Republic of Slovenia, and the Republic of Serbia. The focus is on water-related forest ES recognised by the millennium ecosystem assessment (MEA). For the purpose of this paper, the term pure PES describes schemes that comply to all five conditions set by Wunder definition and term PES like for those schemes that miss some of those conditions. In the first step, the most important legislative documents related to forests, water, and environmental protection were selected. The second consists of a content analysis; focusing on the definition of ES; the definition of fees or payments; the establishment of ‘forest funds’, ‘water funds’, or ‘environmental funds’; and the way these funds were spent. Here we looked at the flow of funding into the forestry sector recognising forest management as the main water-related forest ES provider. Research revealed existence of well-established payments schemes in forestry in Croatia for almost 30 years and in FB&H for some 20 years which were assessed as closest to pure PES. In Serbia and Slovenia, there were no PES or PES like schemes in the forestry sector. In the water sector the well-established PES like payments schemes existing in all four countries. The environmental protection sector, however, rely more on the tax like rather than on the PES like schemes. Legislation in general recognised the link between forests and water, but this was much more evident in the forestry than in the water or environment sector. The role of the state is strongly pronounced in all countries studied, and was the main driving force behind all payments. However, this position of the state represents also the main obstacle for the development of pure PES schemes, together with underdeveloped private forestry and complex socio-economic conditions. Nevertheless, there is room for further development of pure PES and PES like schemes based on EU or global experiences.

scholarly journals Investigation of Ecosystem Services and Circular Economy Interactions under an Inter-organizational Framework

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasilis C. Kapsalis ◽  
Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos ◽  
Konstantinos G. Aravossis
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Contentious Issue ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Cultural Appreciation ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Organizational Perception ◽  
Stream Model

Nowadays, the conceptualization of circular economy is an attractive managerial tool among governments and businesses throughout the word, while ecosystem services are a contentious issue due to the particular needs of humans’ well-being. At this review the interactions between the principles of ecosystem services and the circular economy were investigated in the light of inter-organizational systems. This evaluation was based on more and more complex processes, while the integration of the growing circular economy concept within the shrinking parent ecosystem unveiled challenges and constraints for products’ end of life and quality. It was argued that: (a) The existence of social and people-related barriers can be considered under three groups, namely, the “sustainable provision and modeling schemes”, “socio-cultural appreciation and payment schemes”, and “regulatory and maintenance schemes”, (b) The impacts of circular economy—ecosystem services toward an inter-organizational functional stream model associated with distinguished proactive and post treatment risk values (c) The functionality and the accountability of the technosphere are the two critical components to support the restorative and the regenerative perspectives of the biosphere. The aforementioned findings unveiled new emerging paths to be further investigated, offering a deeper appraisal of circular economy under the inter-organizational perception.

scholarly journals The Prospects for Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Vietnam: A Look at Three Payment Schemes

Human Ecology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuc Xuan To ◽  
Wolfram H. Dressler ◽  
Sango Mahanty ◽  
Thu Thuy Pham ◽  
Claudia Zingerli
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Payment For Ecosystem Services ◽  
Payment Schemes
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