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Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES): Assessment of PES Potential in Kapuas Hulu [PDF]

, 2014
The CoLUPSIA project conducted an assessment of the potential of establishing payment for ecosystem services (PES) for two regencies in Indonesia. The objectives of the present study were to determine the feasibility of PES projects in the Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, to assess whether there is potential for PES at our study sites and, if so ...
Fripp, E, Shantiko, B.
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Assessment of ecosystem services of rice farms in eastern India

Ecological Processes, 2019
Background Rice is a major cereal crop and staple food of eastern India, and most farmers depend solely on rice for their livelihood. Rice farming provides both tangible and non-tangible benefits to ecosystems which need to be maintained and enhanced ...
A. K. Nayak, Md Shahid, A. D. Nayak, B. Dhal, K. C. Moharana, B. Mondal, R. Tripathi, S. D. Mohapatra, P. Bhattacharyya, N. N. Jambhulkar, A. K. Shukla, Nuala Fitton, Pete Smith, H. Pathak   +13 more
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Responses of grazing households to different levels of payments for ecosystem services

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2022
Introduction Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs have been implemented globally to protect ecosystems while securing the well-being of affected people. Reasonable payment standards are key to successful PES programs.
Weiwei Shen, Ting Zhou, Hong Chang, Xiao Qiu, Yahong Liu, Hailian Sun, Xiu Zhai, Hongbo Yang, Guihuan Liu, Wu Yang   +9 more
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Designing a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) Scheme, Based on Sediment Control function in Shirin Darreh Basin, the Province of North Khorasan [PDF]

پژوهش‌های آبخیزداری, 2021
Sediment accumulation is one of the major factors that reduce the beneficial life span of artificial reservoirs. Conservation and improving vegetative cover conditions may reduce sediment accumulation.
Emad Zakeri, Sayed Ali Reza Mousavi, Hamid Reza Karimzadeh   +2 more
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La conservación de la naturaleza en las relaciones Norte-Sur: el pago por los servicios ecosistémicos

Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2020
This paper analyzes the trajectories of payment for ecosystem services (PES) from the 1990s to the present, with an emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Cristian Lorenzo
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Émergence de la notion de service environnemental et des dispositifs de rémunération des fournisseurs: le cas du Cambodge

VertigO, 2012
The definition of environmental policies in developing countries is affected by globalization of such issues and the change in governments’ interventions.
Colas Chervier, Christophe Déprés, Malyne Neang   +2 more
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Brazilian payment for environmental services programs emphasize water-related services

International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2023
Based on “user pays” and “provider gets” principles, the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) consists of providing economic incentives or compensation for land users who adopt activities that promote ecosystem services.
Ingrid Mamedes, Angélica Guerra, Dulce B.B. Rodrigues, Letícia Couto Garcia, Raquel de Faria Godoi, Paulo Tarso S. Oliveira   +5 more
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Opinions towards the water-related Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes: The stakeholders’ point of view [PDF]

Water and Environment Journal, 2020
Abstract Background: Forests provide a wide range of water-related ecosystem services (WES) vital for human well-being such as groundwater recharge, runoff and water discharge to streams, soil erosion protection, aesthetic landscape and recreational opportunities.
Alessandro Paletto, Klára Báliková, Isabella De Meo   +2 more
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Estimating the opportunity costs of environmental conservation in the Feijão River watershed (São Carlos-SP, Brazil)

Brazilian Journal of Biology
The objective of this study was to infer the opportunity cost of land use of the Feijão River watershed (São Carlos-SP, Brazil), in order to estimate the financial resources necessary to compensate landowners willing to convert their production areas ...
F. H. Machado, A. P. Mattedi, F. A. Dupas, L. F. Silva, F. E. Vergara   +4 more
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Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES): Assessment of PES Potential in Seram Island

, 2014
The CoLUPSIA project conducted an assessment of the potential of establishing payments for ecosystem services (PES) for two regencies in Indonesia. The objectives of the present study were to determine the feasibility of PES projects in the Central Moluccas regency, island of Seram, Moluccas, to assess whether there is potential for PES at our study ...
Fripp, E, Liswanti, N, Tjoa, M., Silaya, T.   +3 more
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