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Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica

Payments for environmental services (PES) have been recognized as a promising mechanism for conservation, with the potential to contribute to social objectives such as poverty reduction. This paper outlines a simple framework for assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of PES pro...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Wei, Pagiola, Stefano
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge University Press 2011
Subjects:
biodiversity conservation
poverty reduction
synergism
watershed management
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152881
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Pagiola, Stefano
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description Payments for environmental services (PES) have been recognized as a promising mechanism for conservation, with the potential to contribute to social objectives such as poverty reduction. This paper outlines a simple framework for assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of PES programmes, used to analyse the new watershed conservation funding (WCF) channelled through Costa Rica's national PES programme, Pago por Servicios Ambientales (PSA). The WCF financing can only be used in a limited number of watersheds. Given this constraint, the paper examines the mechanisms by which the WCF may potentially contribute to biodiversity conservation and to reducing social development gaps. Although there is significant spatial correlation among the priority areas targeted for the objectives of watershed conservation, biodiversity conservation and social development, the availability of the WCF per unit of land in most watersheds is limited compared to the PSA programme's prevailing payment rate of US$ 64 ha−1, potentially hindering the impact of the WCF on conservation and social development. The analysis helps guide the allocation of the PSA budget in a way that complements the WCF and improves the cost-effectiveness of the PSA budget.
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spelling CGSpace1528812024-11-15T08:52:37Z Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica Zhang, Wei Pagiola, Stefano biodiversity conservation poverty reduction synergism watershed management Payments for environmental services (PES) have been recognized as a promising mechanism for conservation, with the potential to contribute to social objectives such as poverty reduction. This paper outlines a simple framework for assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of PES programmes, used to analyse the new watershed conservation funding (WCF) channelled through Costa Rica's national PES programme, Pago por Servicios Ambientales (PSA). The WCF financing can only be used in a limited number of watersheds. Given this constraint, the paper examines the mechanisms by which the WCF may potentially contribute to biodiversity conservation and to reducing social development gaps. Although there is significant spatial correlation among the priority areas targeted for the objectives of watershed conservation, biodiversity conservation and social development, the availability of the WCF per unit of land in most watersheds is limited compared to the PSA programme's prevailing payment rate of US$ 64 ha−1, potentially hindering the impact of the WCF on conservation and social development. The analysis helps guide the allocation of the PSA budget in a way that complements the WCF and improves the cost-effectiveness of the PSA budget. 2011-12 2024-10-01T13:55:18Z 2024-10-01T13:55:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152881 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Zhang, Wei; Pagiola, Stefano. 2011. Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica. Environmental Conservation 38(4): 406-416. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892911000555
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Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica
title Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica
title_full Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica
title_fullStr Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica
title_short Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica
title_sort assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes an empirical analysis of costa rica
topic biodiversity conservation
poverty reduction
synergism
watershed management
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152881
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