Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme: the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique)

Quantitative research on household participation in the Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programme remains scarce. This paper aims to determine the key factors influencing household participation in a PES programme in Mozambique. Questionnaire-based quarterly surveys were conducted with 290...

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Autores principales: Hedge, R., Bull, G.Q., Wunder, Sven, Kozak, R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94501
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Bull, G.Q.
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description Quantitative research on household participation in the Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programme remains scarce. This paper aims to determine the key factors influencing household participation in a PES programme in Mozambique. Questionnaire-based quarterly surveys were conducted with 290 randomly selected households. We used the instrumental variables technique to identify the factors influencing household participation. The instrumental variables used for forest dependence were: household head born in the village, duration of residence of the household head in the village, ethnicity of the household head, business ownership of the household head and off-farm income of the household. The results show that education of household head and households' trust towards community members positively influenced household participation in PES, while forest dependence influenced it negatively. Future PES projects may thus need to focus more on developing social capital and the resource dependence of households.
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spelling CGSpace945012025-06-17T08:23:29Z Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme: the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique) Hedge, R. Bull, G.Q. Wunder, Sven Kozak, R. ecosystem services quantitative analysis research households Quantitative research on household participation in the Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programme remains scarce. This paper aims to determine the key factors influencing household participation in a PES programme in Mozambique. Questionnaire-based quarterly surveys were conducted with 290 randomly selected households. We used the instrumental variables technique to identify the factors influencing household participation. The instrumental variables used for forest dependence were: household head born in the village, duration of residence of the household head in the village, ethnicity of the household head, business ownership of the household head and off-farm income of the household. The results show that education of household head and households' trust towards community members positively influenced household participation in PES, while forest dependence influenced it negatively. Future PES projects may thus need to focus more on developing social capital and the resource dependence of households. 2015-10 2018-07-03T11:01:18Z 2018-07-03T11:01:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94501 en Open Access Cambridge University Press Hedge, R., Bull, G.Q., Wunder, S., Kozak, R.. 2015. Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme : the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique). Environment and Development Economics, 20 (5) : 611-629. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X14000631
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Hedge, R.
Bull, G.Q.
Wunder, Sven
Kozak, R.
Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme: the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique)
title Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme: the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique)
title_full Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme: the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique)
title_fullStr Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme: the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique)
title_full_unstemmed Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme: the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique)
title_short Household participation in a Payments for Environmental Services programme: the Nhambita Forest Carbon Project (Mozambique)
title_sort household participation in a payments for environmental services programme the nhambita forest carbon project mozambique
topic ecosystem services
quantitative analysis
research
households
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94501
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