Sökning: "payments for environmental services"

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1. 1. Effectiveness of the Costa Rican Payments for Ecosystem Services program in mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions: Trends in carbon stocks 2012-2020

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Författare :Noelia Solano Guindon; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Payments for ecosystem services; ecosystem services; carbon stocks; greenhouse gas emissions; mitigation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Payments for ecosystem services (PES), a mechanism of incentives or compensation to landowners for provision of ecosystem services, have grown as a tool for meeting conservation goals. The Costa Rican payments for ecosystem services (PSA) program is one of the best-known examples because of being one of the most established. LÄS MER

3. 2. Balancing social and environmental sustainability: A qualitative case study about the social impacts of the Payments for Ecosystem Services program on rural farmers in Costa Rica

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Författare :Emma Ramirez; [2020-11-11]
   Nyckelord :Costa Rica; Guacimal; Monteverde; Environment; Payments for Environmental Services; Sustainability; Critical Sustainability;

   Sammanfattning : Costa Rica has long been considered a leader in environmentally sustainable policy actions as the country aims to have 70% forest cover and much of their success has been attributed to the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) program. The program pays landowners to conserve their forests for the benefits nature provides, such as biodiversity, storing carbon, scenic beauty and fresh water regulation. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Price of Protecting Forests : Assessing REDD+ Performance in Collaborative Governance in Vietnam

   Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Molly Grönlund Müller; [2019]
   Nyckelord :forests; collaborative governance; Vietnam; REDD ; Payment for Ecosystem Services; local communities; payment mechanisms; climate change;

   Sammanfattning : The UNFCCC initiated mechanism Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is an important policy instrument for combating climate change, using payments to create economic incentives for developing countries to preserve their forests. However, there is a need for closer scrutiny of whether the mechanism is able to generate its intended outputs and outcomes. LÄS MER

5. 4. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Författare :Freja Milton; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Market-based instruments; environmental offsets; Payments for ecosystem services; PES; Brazil; bioplastic; biopolymer; sugarcane; certification; environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivations.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. LÄS MER

7. 5. Payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam : Perceptions of policy mobility on different levels

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Författare :Therese Engwall; [2019]
   Nyckelord :PES; Fairness; Effectivity; Inclusivity; Communication;

   Sammanfattning : Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) has been seen as a strategy to reduce poverty while maintaining and increasing the supply of ecosystem services. Vietnam is the first country in Southeast Asia to implement PES as a law for forest protection. LÄS MER