Sökning: "Payment for Ecosystem Services"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 uppsatser innehållade orden Payment for Ecosystem Services.

1. 1. Meeting Forest Futures with Payments for Ecosystem Services? Assessing Payment for Ecosystem Services’ potential for co-financing forest biodiversity preservation and climate change mitigation in Germany.

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Författare :Milan Loose; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Forest Ecosystem Services; Payments for Ecosystem Services; policy innovation; ES governance; Germany; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : German forests are in a deteriorating state. The effects of climate change are increasingly showing and presenting society, and also forest owners, with the challenge of restructuring forests to become more climate resilient. 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. Two sides of a coin: Analyzing benefits and limitations of payment for water ecosystem services in Lima´s water fund

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Författare :Maria Cespedes Davalos; [2019]
   Nyckelord :ecosystem services; PWS; sustainability science; human welfare; assessment; Lima; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Payment for water ecosystem services has been gaining attention in Latin America because of the direct response for environmental conservation through economic mechanisms. By connecting nature services with people who benefit from them, it creates a sustainable intervention for the ecosystem’s management while enhancing human well-being according to policy implementers. LÄS MER

7. 5. Total carbon sequestration during an entire rotation period of oil palm in northern Borneo

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Författare :Josefin Runesson; [2019]
   Nyckelord :oil palm; carbon balance; carbon sequestration; land use change; soil carbon; carbon credits;

   Sammanfattning : Considerable amounts of carbon (C) has been lost from tropical forests as a result of continuous conversion of tropical forests into oil palm plantations. Therefore, a better understanding of the C budget and potential sequestration rate in oil palm plantations and how it compares to natural forests is needed. LÄS MER