The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review

Through a systematic review of peer-reviewed and grey literature, this paper analyzes evidence of the livelihood impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES). Forty-six studies assessed PES livelihood impacts. The assessments presented more positive livelihood impacts than negative ones, foc...

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Autores principales: Blundo Canto, Genowefa M., Bax, Vincent, Quintero, Marcela, Cruz García, Gisella S., Groeneveld, Rolf A., Pérez Marulanda, Lisset
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91940
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author Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
Bax, Vincent
Quintero, Marcela
Cruz García, Gisella S.
Groeneveld, Rolf A.
Pérez Marulanda, Lisset
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Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
Cruz García, Gisella S.
Groeneveld, Rolf A.
Pérez Marulanda, Lisset
Quintero, Marcela
author_facet Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
Bax, Vincent
Quintero, Marcela
Cruz García, Gisella S.
Groeneveld, Rolf A.
Pérez Marulanda, Lisset
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description Through a systematic review of peer-reviewed and grey literature, this paper analyzes evidence of the livelihood impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES). Forty-six studies assessed PES livelihood impacts. The assessments presented more positive livelihood impacts than negative ones, focusing on financial benefits. Non-monetary and non-material impacts of PES were largely understudied. Most reviews focused on ES providers, hindering the understanding of broader societal impacts. The review yielded examples where participants lost from their participation or where improvements in one livelihood dimension paralleled deterioration in another. Consequently, we identified key research gaps in: i) understanding the social and cultural impacts of PES, ii) evaluating environmental and economic additionality from improving other ES at the expense of cultural ones, iii) and assessing PES impacts in terms of trade-offs between multiple livelihood dimensions. Moreover, increased knowledge is needed on the impact of PES on changes in household expenditure and choice, and on trade-offs between household income and inequality in ES provider communities. Finally, if PES schemes are implemented to sustainably improve livelihoods, targeting disaggregated populations, understanding equity and social power relations within and between ES providers and users, and better monitoring and evaluation systems that consider locally relevant livelihood dimensions are needed.
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spelling CGSpace919402025-09-25T13:01:37Z The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review Blundo Canto, Genowefa M. Bax, Vincent Quintero, Marcela Cruz García, Gisella S. Groeneveld, Rolf A. Pérez Marulanda, Lisset livelihoods medios de vida ecosystem services servicios de los ecosistemas environment agricultural production producción de productos food security seguridad alimentaria Through a systematic review of peer-reviewed and grey literature, this paper analyzes evidence of the livelihood impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES). Forty-six studies assessed PES livelihood impacts. The assessments presented more positive livelihood impacts than negative ones, focusing on financial benefits. Non-monetary and non-material impacts of PES were largely understudied. Most reviews focused on ES providers, hindering the understanding of broader societal impacts. The review yielded examples where participants lost from their participation or where improvements in one livelihood dimension paralleled deterioration in another. Consequently, we identified key research gaps in: i) understanding the social and cultural impacts of PES, ii) evaluating environmental and economic additionality from improving other ES at the expense of cultural ones, iii) and assessing PES impacts in terms of trade-offs between multiple livelihood dimensions. Moreover, increased knowledge is needed on the impact of PES on changes in household expenditure and choice, and on trade-offs between household income and inequality in ES provider communities. Finally, if PES schemes are implemented to sustainably improve livelihoods, targeting disaggregated populations, understanding equity and social power relations within and between ES providers and users, and better monitoring and evaluation systems that consider locally relevant livelihood dimensions are needed. 2018-07 2018-03-26T16:36:17Z 2018-03-26T16:36:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91940 en Open Access Elsevier Blundo-Canto, G., Bax, V., Quintero, M., Cruz-Garcia, G. S., Groeneveld, R. A. and Perez-Marulanda, L. (2018) The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review, Ecological Economics, 149. pp. 160–183.
spellingShingle livelihoods
medios de vida
ecosystem services
servicios de los ecosistemas
environment
agricultural production
producción de productos
food security
seguridad alimentaria
Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
Bax, Vincent
Quintero, Marcela
Cruz García, Gisella S.
Groeneveld, Rolf A.
Pérez Marulanda, Lisset
The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review
title The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review
title_full The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review
title_fullStr The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review
title_full_unstemmed The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review
title_short The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review
title_sort different dimensions of livelihood impacts of payments for environmental services pes schemes a systematic review
topic livelihoods
medios de vida
ecosystem services
servicios de los ecosistemas
environment
agricultural production
producción de productos
food security
seguridad alimentaria
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91940
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