This article looks into the scope and equity implications of applying payments for environmental services (PES) as a REDD implementation mechanism in the Brazilian Amazon. We establish a set of economic and institutional preconditions for PES to become a feasible and cost-effective conservation m...
Borner, J.
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Wunder, Sven
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.
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Tito, M.R.
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Pereira, L.S.
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Nascimento, N.
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[Direct conservation payments in the Brazilian Amazon: Scope and equity implications]
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Direct conservation payments in the Brazilian Amazon: Scope and equity implications
Many of the services supplied by nature are externalities. Economic theory suggests that some form of subsidy or contracting between the beneficiaries and the providers could result in an optimal supply of environmental services. Moreover, if the poor own resources that give them a comparative ad...
Pattanayak, S.K.
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Wunder, Sven
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Ferraro, P.J.
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[Show me the money: do payments supply environmental services in developing countries?]
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Show me the money: do payments supply environmental services in developing countries?
Durante las dos últimas décadas, varios proyectos de carbono enfocados en la aforestación y reforestación (A/R) han sido implementados en América Latina, y en otros países en desarrollo, sobre todo a pequeña escala. Aunque siendo elegibles para ser financiados por el Mecanismo de Desarrollo Limpi...
Borner, J.
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Wunder, Sven
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Armas, A.
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[Pagos por carbono en América Latina: de la experiencia de proyectos pilotos a la implementación a gran escala]
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Pagos por carbono en América Latina: de la experiencia de proyectos pilotos a la implementación a gran escala
In the Andes, demand for water is growing and upland land-use changes are increasing. Water quality, quantity and seasonal flow have thus also become environmental services with potential monetary value. Yet, currently the region’s pioneer PES schemes are not paying for measured environmental ser...
Quinton, M.
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Wunder, Sven
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Estrada, R.D.
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[For services rendered? modeling hydrology and livelihoods in Andean payments for environmental services schemes]
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For services rendered? modeling hydrology and livelihoods in Andean payments for environmental services schemes
Miombo woodlands cover vast areas of southern Africa. Of comparatively little interest for export-oriented commercial logging, they are part of a complex system of rural land use that integrates woodland management with crops and livestock. There is also evidence that woodland resources are exten...
Dewees, P. A.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Katerere, Y.
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Sitoe, A.
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Cunningham, A.B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor]
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Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor
Wunder, Sven
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Engel, S.
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Pagiola, S.
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[Taking stock: a comparative analysis of payments for environmental services programs in developed and developing countries]
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Taking stock: a comparative analysis of payments for environmental services programs in developed and developing countries
Wunscher, T.
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Engel, S.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Spatial targeting of payments for environmental services: a tool for boosting conservation benefits]
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Spatial targeting of payments for environmental services: a tool for boosting conservation benefits