Intermediaries 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 o...
Pham, T.T.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Garnett, S.T.
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Aslin, H.
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Hoang, M.H.
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[Importance and impacts of intermediary boundary organizations in facilitating payment for environmental services in Vietnam]
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Importance and impacts of intermediary boundary organizations in facilitating payment for environmental services in Vietnam
Because ecosystem services are generally not produced and used in the same place, their assessment should consider the flows of services from ecosystems to users. These flows depend on the characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems and users, the spatial relationships between them, an...
Locatelli, Bruno
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Imbach, Pablo
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Vignola, R.
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Metzger, M.J.
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Hidalgo, E. J. L.
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[Ecosystem services and hydroelectricity in Central America: modelling service flows with fuzzy logic and expert knowledge]
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Ecosystem services and hydroelectricity in Central America: modelling service flows with fuzzy logic and expert knowledge
Strategies for environmental governance and conservation in Africa have relied on regulatory mechanisms (policies) that further restrict already limited livelihood options by prohibiting certain land uses and isolating people from forest resources. Environmental service rewards (ESR) present an o...
German, L.
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Villamor, G.
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Twine, Edgar E.
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Velarde, S.J.
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Kidane, B.
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[Environmental services and the precautionary principle: using scenarios to reconcile conservation and livelihood objectives in upper catchments]
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Environmental services and the precautionary principle: using scenarios to reconcile conservation and livelihood objectives in upper catchments
Payment for Environmental Services (PES) is one of several schemes designed to conserve the environment by means of a market-based approach which also incorporate The PES framework and depends upon a number of criteria, namely: (a) A voluntary transaction where (b) a well defined environmental se...
Prasetyo, F.A.
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Suwarno, A.
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Purwanto
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Hakim, M.R.
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[Making policies work for Payment for Environmental Services (PES): an evaluation of the experience of formulating conservation policies in districts of Indonesia]
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Making policies work for Payment for Environmental Services (PES): an evaluation of the experience of formulating conservation policies in districts of Indonesia
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
Multiple-use forest management (MFM) for timber, non-timber forest products and environmental services is envisioned by many as a preferable alternative to timber-dominant management models. It is praised as a more equitable strategy of satisfying the demands from multiple stakeholders, an ecolog...
García Fernandez, C.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Is multiple-use forest management widely implementable in the tropics?]
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Is multiple-use forest management widely implementable in the tropics?
The paper describes the changes in Costa Rican forest policy during the last 30 years from deforestation to payments of environmental services. The current services payment system based on forestry law of 1996 is described. The paper discusses positive and negative experiences of the current paym...
Myatt-Hirvonen, O
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Kanninen, M.
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[Costa Rican metsät tuottavat ympäristöpalveluja [Finnish]]
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Costa Rican metsät tuottavat ympäristöpalveluja [Finnish]
A new hypothesis suggests that forest cover plays a much greater role in determining rainfall than previously recognized. It explains how forested regions generate large-scale flows in atmospheric water vapor. Under this hypothesis, high rainfall occurs in continental interiors such as the Amazon...
Sheil, Douglas
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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[How forests attract rain: an examination of a new hypothesis]
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How forests attract rain: an examination of a new hypothesis
Over the past several decades, significant donor funding has been directed to sustainable forest management in the tropics, in the hope of combining forest conservation with economic gains through sustainable use. To date, this approach has produced only modest results in terms of changed silvicu...
Wunder, Sven
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[Are direct payments for environmental services spelling doom for sustainable forest management in the tropics?]
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Are direct payments for environmental services spelling doom for sustainable forest management in the tropics?
Ibarra, E.
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[The profitability of forest protection versus logging and the role of payments for environmental services (PES) in the Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica]
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The profitability of forest protection versus logging and the role of payments for environmental services (PES) in the Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica