Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs are increasingly emphasized to address challenges of conserving forests. However, concerns remain regarding the ability of PES programs to ensure long-term conservation of threatened lands. Evaluation of large-scale PES programs, including the spatial a...

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Autores principales: Núñez Regueiro, Mauricio M., Fletcher, Robert J. (Junior), Pienaar, Elizabeth F., Branch, Lyn C., Volante, Jose Norberto, Rifai, Sami
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Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4881
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041618300494?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100906
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author Núñez Regueiro, Mauricio M.
Fletcher, Robert J. (Junior)
Pienaar, Elizabeth F.
Branch, Lyn C.
Volante, Jose Norberto
Rifai, Sami
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Fletcher, Robert J. (Junior)
Núñez Regueiro, Mauricio M.
Pienaar, Elizabeth F.
Rifai, Sami
Volante, Jose Norberto
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Fletcher, Robert J. (Junior)
Pienaar, Elizabeth F.
Branch, Lyn C.
Volante, Jose Norberto
Rifai, Sami
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description Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs are increasingly emphasized to address challenges of conserving forests. However, concerns remain regarding the ability of PES programs to ensure long-term conservation of threatened lands. Evaluation of large-scale PES programs, including the spatial and temporal patterns of enrollment, is scarce, especially for programs that aim to protect forest from severe threats such as expansion of industrial agriculture. Using information on PES enrollment across 252,319 km2 in the Argentine Chaco, we examined both the duration for which lands are enrolled in PES and their suitability for agriculture. Specifically, we examined whether the PES program has resulted in adverse selection not only in space but also in time. We built spatially explicit generalized linear models using information on participants’ length of contract and the potential of their land for agricultural use. We found the PES program enrolled land in areas with high agricultural potential, but enrollment of these lands occurred for shorter time periods than lands with lower levels of threat from deforestation. Consequently, adverse selection occurred over time but not in space. Our work demonstrates the importance of evaluating both temporal and spatial dimensions of adverse selection in PES for informing policy.
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spelling INTA48812019-04-11T13:50:11Z Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment Núñez Regueiro, Mauricio M. Fletcher, Robert J. (Junior) Pienaar, Elizabeth F. Branch, Lyn C. Volante, Jose Norberto Rifai, Sami Servicios de los Ecosistemas Pago por Servicios Ecosistémicos Conservación de Tierras Ecosystem Services Payments for Ecosystem Services Land Conservation Chaco Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs are increasingly emphasized to address challenges of conserving forests. However, concerns remain regarding the ability of PES programs to ensure long-term conservation of threatened lands. Evaluation of large-scale PES programs, including the spatial and temporal patterns of enrollment, is scarce, especially for programs that aim to protect forest from severe threats such as expansion of industrial agriculture. Using information on PES enrollment across 252,319 km2 in the Argentine Chaco, we examined both the duration for which lands are enrolled in PES and their suitability for agriculture. Specifically, we examined whether the PES program has resulted in adverse selection not only in space but also in time. We built spatially explicit generalized linear models using information on participants’ length of contract and the potential of their land for agricultural use. We found the PES program enrolled land in areas with high agricultural potential, but enrollment of these lands occurred for shorter time periods than lands with lower levels of threat from deforestation. Consequently, adverse selection occurred over time but not in space. Our work demonstrates the importance of evaluating both temporal and spatial dimensions of adverse selection in PES for informing policy. EEA Salta Fil: Núñez Regueiro, Mauricio M. University of Florida. School of Natural Resources and Environment; Estados Undos. University of Florida. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Estados Unidos Fil: Fletcher, Robert J. (Junior). University of Florida. School of Natural Resources and Environment; Estados Undos. University of Florida. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Estados Unidos Fil: Pienaar, Elizabeth F. University of Florida. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Estados Unidos. University of Pretoria. Mammal Research Institute; Sudáfrica Fil: Branch, Lyn C. University of Florida. School of Natural Resources and Environment; Estados Undos. University of Florida. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Estados Unidos Fil: Volante, Jose Norberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Rifai, Sami. University of Florida. School of Forest Resources and Conservation; Estados Undos. University of Oxford. Environmental Change Institute; Reino Unido 2019-04-11T13:44:06Z 2019-04-11T13:44:06Z 2019-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4881 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041618300494?via%3Dihub 2212-0416 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100906 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Chaco (province) Elsevier Ecosystem services 36 : 100906. (April 2019)
spellingShingle Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Pago por Servicios Ecosistémicos
Conservación de Tierras
Ecosystem Services
Payments for Ecosystem Services
Land Conservation
Chaco
Núñez Regueiro, Mauricio M.
Fletcher, Robert J. (Junior)
Pienaar, Elizabeth F.
Branch, Lyn C.
Volante, Jose Norberto
Rifai, Sami
Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment
title Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment
title_full Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment
title_fullStr Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment
title_full_unstemmed Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment
title_short Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment
title_sort adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment
topic Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Pago por Servicios Ecosistémicos
Conservación de Tierras
Ecosystem Services
Payments for Ecosystem Services
Land Conservation
Chaco
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4881
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