The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services

This paper aims to clarify two distinct but complementary questions on economic and legal additionality in the payments for environmental services (PES) debate based on examples from the literature and direct observations made in Madagascar and Mexico. For the economic dimension of additionality, we...

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Autores principales: Karsenty, A., Aubert, S., Brimont, L., Dutilly, C., Desbureaux, S., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Le Velly, G.
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Publicado: Wiley 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95444
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author Karsenty, A.
Aubert, S.
Brimont, L.
Dutilly, C.
Desbureaux, S.
Ezzine-de-Blas, D.
Le Velly, G.
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Brimont, L.
Desbureaux, S.
Dutilly, C.
Ezzine-de-Blas, D.
Karsenty, A.
Le Velly, G.
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Aubert, S.
Brimont, L.
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description This paper aims to clarify two distinct but complementary questions on economic and legal additionality in the payments for environmental services (PES) debate based on examples from the literature and direct observations made in Madagascar and Mexico. For the economic dimension of additionality, we explain two ‘regimes of justification’, efficiency on the one hand and social equity on the other, and discuss how analysts position themselves with regard to both regimes. For the legal dimension, we review and analyse specific cases in which PES are implemented in addition to existing environmental regulations. We propose a renewed framework of analysis to distinguish ‘compensation’ and ‘reward’ in PES by crossing the opportunity cost dimension and the legal constraint vis‐à‐vis the environment. We show how difficult it is to fully maintain the objective of efficiency when PES are implemented simultaneously across different combinations of opportunity costs and regulation constraints. We propose policy options to address the contradiction between incentive and coercive instruments. These options are land sparing, social targeting and chronological combinations. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
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spelling CGSpace954442025-06-17T08:24:24Z The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services Karsenty, A. Aubert, S. Brimont, L. Dutilly, C. Desbureaux, S. Ezzine-de-Blas, D. Le Velly, G. ecosystem services opportunity costs efficiency incentives This paper aims to clarify two distinct but complementary questions on economic and legal additionality in the payments for environmental services (PES) debate based on examples from the literature and direct observations made in Madagascar and Mexico. For the economic dimension of additionality, we explain two ‘regimes of justification’, efficiency on the one hand and social equity on the other, and discuss how analysts position themselves with regard to both regimes. For the legal dimension, we review and analyse specific cases in which PES are implemented in addition to existing environmental regulations. We propose a renewed framework of analysis to distinguish ‘compensation’ and ‘reward’ in PES by crossing the opportunity cost dimension and the legal constraint vis‐à‐vis the environment. We show how difficult it is to fully maintain the objective of efficiency when PES are implemented simultaneously across different combinations of opportunity costs and regulation constraints. We propose policy options to address the contradiction between incentive and coercive instruments. These options are land sparing, social targeting and chronological combinations. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment 2017-09 2018-07-03T11:02:59Z 2018-07-03T11:02:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95444 en Limited Access Wiley Karsenty, A., Aubert, S., Brimont, L., Dutilly, C., Desbureaux, S., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Le Velly, G.. 2017. The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services Environmental Policy and Governance, 27 (5) : 422-435. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1770
spellingShingle ecosystem services
opportunity costs
efficiency
incentives
Karsenty, A.
Aubert, S.
Brimont, L.
Dutilly, C.
Desbureaux, S.
Ezzine-de-Blas, D.
Le Velly, G.
The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services
title The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services
title_full The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services
title_fullStr The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services
title_full_unstemmed The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services
title_short The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services
title_sort economic and legal sides of additionality in payments for environmental services
topic ecosystem services
opportunity costs
efficiency
incentives
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95444
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