When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened

There is consensus that payments for biodiversity services are a promising conservation tool, yet the implementation of applied schemes has been lagging behind. This paper explores some reasons why potential biodiversity buyers may hesitate. It describes the case of an unsuccessful attempt to establ...

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Main Authors: Wunder, Sven, Campbell, Bruce M., Frost, P., Sayer, Jeffrey A., Iwan, R., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19845
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description There is consensus that payments for biodiversity services are a promising conservation tool, yet the implementation of applied schemes has been lagging behind. This paper explores some reasons why potential biodiversity buyers may hesitate. It describes the case of an unsuccessful attempt to establish a community conservation concession in the village of Setulang (East Kalimantan, Indonesia) to safeguard a biologically valuable area from predatory logging. Potential biodiversity donors did not engage in this payments-for-environmental-services scheme mainly because of their limited time horizon and uneasiness about the conditionality principle. Other complicating factors included overlapping land claims, and the diagnosis of the externality at hand. We conclude that new investment modalities and attitudes are needed if potential biodiversity buyers are to exploit the advantages of this innovative tool. We also provide some tangible recommendations on factors to consider when designing a compensation scheme for conservation at the community level.
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spelling CGSpace198452025-01-24T14:13:12Z When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened Wunder, Sven Campbell, Bruce M. Frost, P. Sayer, Jeffrey A. Iwan, R. Wollenberg, Eva Karoline nature conservation biodiversity logging payment schemes communities There is consensus that payments for biodiversity services are a promising conservation tool, yet the implementation of applied schemes has been lagging behind. This paper explores some reasons why potential biodiversity buyers may hesitate. It describes the case of an unsuccessful attempt to establish a community conservation concession in the village of Setulang (East Kalimantan, Indonesia) to safeguard a biologically valuable area from predatory logging. Potential biodiversity donors did not engage in this payments-for-environmental-services scheme mainly because of their limited time horizon and uneasiness about the conditionality principle. Other complicating factors included overlapping land claims, and the diagnosis of the externality at hand. We conclude that new investment modalities and attitudes are needed if potential biodiversity buyers are to exploit the advantages of this innovative tool. We also provide some tangible recommendations on factors to consider when designing a compensation scheme for conservation at the community level. 2008 2012-06-04T09:12:47Z 2012-06-04T09:12:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19845 en Wunder, S., Campbell, B.M., Frost, P., Sayer, J.A., Iwan, R., Wollenberg, E. 2008. When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened . Ecology and Society 13 (1) :12. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art12/. ISSN: 1708-3087.
spellingShingle nature conservation
biodiversity
logging
payment schemes
communities
Wunder, Sven
Campbell, Bruce M.
Frost, P.
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
Iwan, R.
Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened
title When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened
title_full When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened
title_fullStr When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened
title_full_unstemmed When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened
title_short When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened
title_sort when donors get cold feet the community conservation concession in setulang kalimantan indonesia that never happened
topic nature conservation
biodiversity
logging
payment schemes
communities
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19845
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