scholarly journals Importance and impacts of intermediary boundary organizations in facilitating payment for environmental services in Vietnam

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
THU THUY PHAM ◽  
BRUCE M. CAMPBELL ◽  
STEPHEN GARNETT ◽  
HEATHER ASLIN ◽  
MINH HA HOANG
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
Local Organizations ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Government ◽  
Few Data

SUMMARYIntermediaries are seen as important actors in facilitating payments for environmental services (PES). However, few data exist on the adequacy of the services provided by intermediaries and the impacts of their interventions. Using four PES case studies in Vietnam, this paper analyses the roles of government agencies, non-government organizations, international agencies, local organizations and professional consulting firms as PES intermediaries. The findings indicate that these intermediaries are essential in supporting PES establishment. Their roles are as service and information providers, mediators, arbitrators, equalizers, representatives, watchdogs, developers of standards and bridge builders. Concerns have been raised about the quality of intermediaries’ participatory work, political influence on intermediaries’ activities and the neutral status of intermediaries. Although local organizations are strongly driven by the government, they are important channels for the poor to express their opinions. However, to act as environmental services (ES) sellers, local organizations need to overcome numerous challenges, particularly related to capacity for monitoring ES and enforcement of contracts. Relationships amongst intermediaries are complex and should be carefully examined by PES stakeholders to avoid negative impact on the poor. Each of the intermediaries may operate at a different level and can have different functions but a multi-sector approach is required for an effective PES implementation.

scholarly journals Blue Carbon in Emissions Markets: Challenges and Opportunities for Mexico

2021 ◽  
pp. 265-283
Author(s):  
Antonina Ivanova Boncheva ◽  
Alfredo Bermudez-Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Blue Carbon ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Environmental Cooperation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Social Partnerships ◽  
The Government

AbstractMangroves are ecosystems made up of trees or shrubs that develop in the intertidal zone and provide many vital environmental services for livelihoods in coastal areas. They are a habitat for the reproduction of several marine species. They afford protection from hurricanes, tides, sea-level rise and prevent the erosion of the coasts. Just one hectare of mangrove forest can hold up to 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide, more than tropical forests and jungles. Mexico is one of the countries with the greatest abundance of mangroves in the world, with more than 700,000 ha. Blue carbon can be a novel mechanism for promoting communication and cooperation between the investor, the government, the users, and beneficiaries of the environmental services of these ecosystems, creating public–private-social partnerships through mechanisms such as payment for environmental services, credits, or the voluntary carbon market. This chapter explores the possibilities of incorporating blue carbon in emissions markets. We explore the huge potential of Mexico’s blue carbon to sequester CO2. Then we analyse the new market instrument that allows countries to sell or transfer mitigation results internationally: The Sustainable Development Mechanism (SDM), established in the Paris Agreement. Secondly, we present the progress of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to standardize the methodologies to assess their stock and determine the magnitude of the blue carbon sinks. Thirdly, as an opportunity for Mexico, the collaboration with the California cap-and-trade program is analysed. We conclude that blue carbon is a very important mitigation tool to be included in the compensation schemes on regional and global levels. Additionally, mangrove protection is an excellent example of the mitigation-adaptation-sustainable development relationship, as well as fostering of governance by the inclusion of the coastal communities in decision-making and incomes.

scholarly journals Penegakan Hukum Terhadap Tindak Pidana Kepabean Penyeludupan Pakaian Bekas (Putusan No. 237/Pid.B/2016/PN.Tjb)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-165
Author(s):  
Roberto Tambunan ◽  
Suhatrizal Suhatrizal ◽  
Taufik Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Import Price ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
Domestic Industry ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Government

Smuggling is a problem that often occurs in Indonesia, so the smuggling problem must receive the full attention of the government to be immediately addressed. As a national legal product based on the Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution, the form of the Proactive and Anticipatory Customs Law is still very simple, on the other hand it must reach a broader aspect to anticipate the development of trade. The method of this research is Library Research and Field Research. The negative impact of smuggling used clothing is very detrimental to the domestic industry and detrimental to the country's income and economy, but on the other hand there are also positive impacts on the poor that benefit from being able to buy ex-foreign goods from smuggling at low prices and higher quality high. As one of the Government Agencies participating in the effort to eradicate the smuggling of used clothing and the public should not be easily tempted by the import price of used clothing which is cheaper than local clothing, because the level of health is not necessarily guaranteed.

scholarly journals The Challenges of Implementing Payment for Environmental Services to Prevent The Agricultural Land Conversion

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Tri Ratna Saridewi ◽  
Nazaruddin Nazaruddin
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Land Conversion ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Institutional Analysis And Development

<p>Payments for environmental services mechanism is expected to strengthen decisions of agricultural landowners to maintain the existence of their agricultural land. This mechanism is expected to prevent the conversion of land that occurs due to its lower appreciation compared to other uses. This study is aimed to critically examine the challenges of implementing payments for environmental services in Indonesia and strategies to improve the implementation of payments for environmental services schemes to reduce agricultural land conversion. Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis and Development framework is used to examine the implementation of Payments for environmental services. The implementation was able to run well through the establishment of institutions that regulate constitutional rules. The collaboration between the Government (as the user of environmental service) and farmers (as the service provider) should be declared and fully understood before the scheme is implemented. Therefore, full participation of all related parties was crucial in achieving the program’s goals. Collective understanding of the need to prevent land conversion and the coordination of stakeholders needs to be carried out sustainably.<br />Keywords: Land, conversion, environmental services, payment</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p><strong>TANTANGAN IMPLEMENTASI PEMBAYARAN JASA LINGKUNGAN UNTUK PENCEGAHAN KONVERSI LAHAN PERTANIAN</strong></p><p>Mekanisme pembayaran jasa lingkungan diharapkan dapat memperkuat keputusan pemilik lahan pertanian untuk mempertahankannya. Mekanisme tersebut diharapkan dapat mencegah konversi lahan yang terjadi akibat apresiasi terhadap lahan pertanian secara ekonomi lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan penggunaan lainnya. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menelaah secara kritis tantangan implementasi pembayaran jasa lingkungan di Indonesia dan strategi meningkatkan implementasi skema pembayaran jasa lingkungan untuk mengurangi konversi lahan pertanian. Kerangka Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis and Development digunakan untuk mengkaji implementasi pembayaran jasa lingkungan. Implementasi pembayaran jasa lingkungan dapat berjalan dengan baik melalui penetapan lembaga yang mengatur aturan konstitusional. Kontrak kerja sama antara pemerintah sebagai pengguna jasa lingkungan dengan petani sebagai penyedia jasa lingkungan harus disosialisasikan dan dipahami sebelum skema pembayaran jasa lingkungan dijalankan. Pelibatan partisipan secara penuh merupakan hal yang sangat penting dalam mencapai keberhasilan program. Pemahaman bersama tentang perlunya pencegahan konversi lahan dan koordinasi seluruh pemangku kepentingan terkait secara berkelanjutan sangat diperlukan.<br />Kata kunci: Lahan, konversi, jasa lingkungan, pembayaran</p>

A Study on Importance and Efficacy of Self Help Groups in Women Employment

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushma . ◽  
Yasir Arafat Elahi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Family Chaos ◽  
The Government ◽  
Self Help Groups

“Women”; a word that reminds us our mother, sisters, wife, daughters fulfilling all their family chaos and now they can be seen in more modern roles like managers, educators, political leaders and much more is coming. Today they have even dared to break the gender barriers to become mountaineers, pilots and even serving combat roles in armed forces. In India, after independence the constitution leaders and policy makers realized the fact that, in order to develop whole country it is very important to put women in equal position to men. It was the need of the hour to make women empower economically, socially, politically, legally as well as psychologically. Education is the first and foremost way to empower them as it created awareness and enable them to take decisions.Self Help Groups (SHGs) have become the vehicle of change in the rural areas, transforming the lives of the marginalized. SHGs organize the poor and the marginalized to join hands to solve their problems and the method has been very successfully used by the government and the Non-Government Organizations in achieving several goals. As a firm or enterprise, SHG performs the role of collective bank and enterprise and ensures better access to loans with a lower rate of interest to start micro unit enterprise. SHGs have emerged as a powerful instrument in order to eliminate poverty and for the empowerment of women in the rural economy. SHGs through the network of commercial banks, co-operative banks, regional rural banks, NABARD and NGOs are largely supply driven and a recent approach in the provision of financial services to the poor and further upgrading their status in the society. In this empirical study we analyze the performance of the SHG’s in order to understand the benefits it has accrued to the females of the society. The paper here focuses on appraising the women empowerment in various fields like economical, psychological, social etc. with the help of Self Help Groups.

Payments for environmental services and the poor: concepts and preliminary evidence

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
SVEN WUNDER
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Environmental Goals ◽  
Gain Access

ABSTRACTBased on observations from all three tropical continents, there is good reason to believe that poor service providers can broadly gain access to payment for environmental services (PES) schemes, and generally become better off from that participation, in both income and non-income terms. However, poverty effects need to be analysed in a conceptual framework looking not only at poor service providers, but also at poor service users and non-participants. Effects on service users are positive if environmental goals are achieved, while those on non-participants can be positive or negative. The various participation filters of a PES scheme contain both pro-poor and anti-poor selection biases. Quantitative welfare effects are bound to remain small-scale, compared to national poverty-alleviation goals. Some pro-poor interventions are possible, but increasing regulations excessively could curb PES efficiency and implementation scale, which could eventually harm the poor. Prime focus of PES should thus remain on the environment, not on poverty.

scholarly journals METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSAL FOR PRIORITIZATION RANKING OF MUNICIPALITIES FOR IMPLANTATION OF PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PROGRAMS

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 101-120
Author(s):  
LEONARDO SILVA FERNANDES ◽  
◽  
ROSANGELA GARRIDO MACHADO BOTELHO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Environmental Problem ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
Environmental Actions ◽  
The Government

abstract Is presents a methodology for ranking of municipalities from Rio de Janeiro for implementation payments for environmental services programs (PES). Variables were selected of Pesquisa de Informações Básicas Municipais from IBGE, grouping them into themes: Environmental Impacts, Institutional Apparatus and Environmental Actions. An index per theme was calculated and they were synthesized in the final index. Miracema and Nova Friburgo stood out with highest levels. Cambuci, Japeri, Areal, Magé, Comendador Levy Gasparian and Macuco stood out the lowest. The results show that the main environmental problem was the degradation of water resources, institutional apparatus is precarious and environmental actions were not directly relate to environmental impacts present. PES arrangement should consider payments made by the government, and the municipalities needs to improve yours institutional apparatus. The methodology used is easy to apply with potential for replication throughout Brazil and periodic update with each new edition of MUNIC.

The Role of Payments for Ecological Services in the Sustainable Development and Environmental Preservation of the Rainforest

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre A.F. Rivas ◽  
James R. Kahn ◽  
Carlos Edwar Freitas ◽  
Lawrence E. Hurd ◽  
Gregory Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Ecological Integrity ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystem ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
Pristine Area ◽  
The Government

The county of Barcelos in the state of Amazonas, Brazil comprises 122 thousand square kilometers of land, composed of the rainforest, rivers and lakes of the middle Rio Negro watershed. The area is virtually free of deforestation and blessed with abundant fishery resources. It is widely regarded to be the best freshwater fishing location in the world and until recently was regarded as one of the global centers of the aquarium fish trade. Unfortunately, a variety of factors have kept the human population of this immense region from benefiting from these abundant natural resources. This paper outlines a path towards sustainable development of these resources that we developed in conjunction with the government of Barcelos, fishermen’s cooperatives, and indigenous associations. The paper illustrates how a payment for environmental services can jump start sustainable development in a pristine area and illustrate some of the factors that can impede such a system. Most discussion of payment for environmental services focuses on how such a payment can prevent deterioration of an area under current threat. The goal is to improve the quality of life of the citizens of the area in a way that eliminates future potential threats to the ecological integrity of the complex aquatic/terrestrial ecosystem. In addition to the development of human capital, a fishery and ecotourism management plan is developed that uses the revenue from the environmental tax to solve infrastructure, human capital and social capital needs. Although the official program of payment for environmental services was halted for local political reasons, the authors are in the process of establishing a voluntary program of payment for environmental services which will accomplish the same objectives.

When could payments for environmental services benefit the poor?

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID ZILBERMAN ◽  
LESLIE LIPPER ◽  
NANCY MCCARTHY
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Labor Demand ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Diversion Programs ◽  
Land Quality ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Environmental Objectives

ABSTRACTSince modification of agricultural production choices in developing countries often provides positive environmental externalities to people in developed countries, payment for environmental services (PES) has become an important topic in the context of economic development and poverty reduction. We consider two broad categories of PES programs, land-diversion programs, where lands are diverted from agriculture to other uses, and working-land programs, where agricultural production activities are modified to achieve environmental objectives. PES programs are generally good for landowners. The distribution of land and land quality is critical in determining poverty impacts. Where ES and agricultural productivity are negatively correlated and the poor own lands of low agricultural quality, they stand to gain from PES programs. Consumers and wage laborers may lose where food supply is inelastic and programs reduce labor demand. Working-land programs may have better distributional effects than diversion programs.

scholarly journals KEDUDUKAN FATWA MAJELIS ULAMA INDONESIA (MUI) DALAM PERSPEKTIF HUKUM ISLAM DAN NASIONAL: STUDI IMPLIKASI FATWA TERHADAP MASYARAKAT

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Imaro Sidqi ◽  
Doli Witro
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government

This article discusses the existence of MUI fatwa and its position in Indonesia. So far, people are more likely to use the fatwa law than national law. Many political interests, so that the independence of the fatwa in Indonesia, the MUI fatwa, is doubtful of its integrity. In the context of Islamic law, a fatwa is an essential presence in society, while in national law, a fatwa is only a doctrine whose status is not required to be followed. The deficient legal awareness of the community is a problem in the community because the political influence of the fatwa has a negative impact, so it is feared that it will create a negative thing that lives and develops into a civilization in society. From this writing, it can be concluded that the position of the fatwa is not required to be followed so that public awareness about the law must be socialized by the government so that people can understand. However, if the fatwa is following the constitution, the fatwa can be applied in the law so that the fatwa is not easy to be politicized by any party concerned.

scholarly journals Preferences of the Poor Farming Household for Credit-Based Payment for Environmental Services: Attributes for Environmental Resource Conservation in the Oyo State Farm Settlements

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
O. I. Adesiyan ◽  
M. O. Rauf ◽  
W. A. Adewole
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Environmental Resources ◽  
State Farm ◽  
Environmental Resource ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Farming Household

Previous studies affirmed that both poverty and environmental resources degradation need to be tackled concomitantly. The reason is that poverty and environmental resources (agricultural land) are intertwining as a nexus; hence a one traffic-proffered solution is not sufficient enough to reduce the afterward menace poverty and environmental resource caused. An incentive that serves as an ‘adjudicator’, a credit-based payment for an environmental service is recognized for this task. Though this is a hypothetical case of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) that understudied the would-be response of the poor farming household through their preferences of PES attributes of environmental resource conservation and poverty reduction. This was designed with the use of choice experiment method, which is a multi-attribute approach of valuing non-market goods (agricultural land). Evidently, this study has convincingly proved that the poor farmers are willing to conserve their agricultural land, if the provision of necessary incentive is presented to them. The examined three farm settlements in Oyo state are: Afijio, Ijaye and Ido farm settlements. Educationally poor farming household shows that, 93(65.49%) preferred both options, whereas consumption poor farming house  have 162(68.5%) respondents that sought for both option 1and 2.Housing/standard of living farming household recorded 98(34.63 %) for option 1 PES attributes and 95(33.57%)responded were for option 2 of PES attributes. The T-t test revealed that four of the paired poverty categories with respect to their preferences for the PES attributes options were significant. This study therefore suggests that poor farming household, whose farming is their livelihood should be sensitized to the provision of a deliberately designed poverty-environmental resource conservation credit-based PES, with a more flexible conditions. This will enable the poor farmers to be encouraged to participate in conservation of natural resource and by extension reducing poverty.

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