A Revised Conceptual Framework for Payments for Environmental Services
Over the past decade, "Payments for Environmental Services" (PES) have received a great deal of attention as a natural-resource management approach. We propose a revised definition and framework for PES implementation that focuses on the use of positive incentives as the philosophy behind...
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| author | Matthew M. Sommerville Julia P. G. Jones E. J. Milner-Gulland |
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| description | Over the past decade, "Payments for Environmental Services" (PES) have received a great deal of attention as a natural-resource management approach. We propose a revised definition and framework for PES implementation that focuses on the use of positive incentives as the philosophy behind PES and conditionality as the method for influencing behaviors. We note the importance of additionality of PES interventions to justify their value in a wider context. Finally, we highlight the need to understand the local institutional context in terms of the characteristics of buyers, sellers, and their relationship for implementation to be effective. Our framework acts as a platform to begin examining how the variety of options for structuring PES projects can be adapted to a range of existing institutional contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-58e31456041741038ef7b05ea17ffa6e2022-12-21T21:32:25ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872009-12-011423410.5751/ES-03064-1402343064A Revised Conceptual Framework for Payments for Environmental ServicesMatthew M. Sommerville0Julia P. G. Jones1E. J. Milner-Gulland2Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College LondonSchool of Environment and Natural Resources, University of BangorDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College LondonOver the past decade, "Payments for Environmental Services" (PES) have received a great deal of attention as a natural-resource management approach. We propose a revised definition and framework for PES implementation that focuses on the use of positive incentives as the philosophy behind PES and conditionality as the method for influencing behaviors. We note the importance of additionality of PES interventions to justify their value in a wider context. Finally, we highlight the need to understand the local institutional context in terms of the characteristics of buyers, sellers, and their relationship for implementation to be effective. Our framework acts as a platform to begin examining how the variety of options for structuring PES projects can be adapted to a range of existing institutional contexts.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art34/additionalityconditionalecosystem servicesenvironmental managementincentivesinstitutionsmonitoringtransactions |
| spellingShingle | Matthew M. Sommerville Julia P. G. Jones E. J. Milner-Gulland A Revised Conceptual Framework for Payments for Environmental Services Ecology and Society additionality conditional ecosystem services environmental management incentives institutions monitoring transactions |
| title | A Revised Conceptual Framework for Payments for Environmental Services |
| title_full | A Revised Conceptual Framework for Payments for Environmental Services |
| title_fullStr | A Revised Conceptual Framework for Payments for Environmental Services |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Revised Conceptual Framework for Payments for Environmental Services |
| title_short | A Revised Conceptual Framework for Payments for Environmental Services |
| title_sort | revised conceptual framework for payments for environmental services |
| topic | additionality conditional ecosystem services environmental management incentives institutions monitoring transactions |
| url | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art34/ |
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