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Payment for Ecosystem Services: institutional arrangements for a changing climate in the Chilean Mediterranean Region

npj Climate Action
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) can promote different types of governance arrangements to address the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and air pollution.
Anahí Ocampo-Melgar, Pilar Barría, Claudia Cerda, Alejandro Venegas-González, Javiera Fernández, Raúl Díaz-Vasconcellos, Javier Zamora   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmer participation in payment for ecosystem services programs: Evidence from eastern North Carolina

Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.
Abstract We analyze farmer willingness to accept (WTA) voluntary Payment for Ecosystem Services contracts in North Carolina's Tar‐Pamlico watershed using a discrete choice experiment. Contract attributes include nitrogen application limits, cover crop requirements, funding source, and payment levels.
Matthew Mair, Gregory Howard
wiley   +1 more source

Land Degradation, Cultural Ecosystem Services, and Ecosystem Disservices in the Sumapaz Páramo, Colombia: An Integrated Socioecological Assessment

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding the relationships among land degradation, ecosystem functioning and human well‐being is essential for conserving tropical high‐mountain ecosystems. This study examined the relationships among land degradation, Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES), ecosystem disservices (EDS) and visitor perceptions at Laguna Colorados in the Sumapaz
Victor Fabian Forero Ausique, Diana Cristina Díaz Guevara, Silvana Daniela Forero Ausique, Yetfersson Arley Serrato Velosa, Favio Cala Vitery   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate‐smart land management: Greenhouse gas outcomes and social and economic pathways to adoption

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to natural and working lands, reducing the resilience of agricultural and forest productivity. Because land management is a leading source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate‐smart management practices are being implemented to reduce net emissions while sustaining yields.
Kristina Bartowitz, Janice Parks, Danielle Berardi, Julia Smith, Kristin Haltinner, Alexander Maas, Ashley Ballantyne, Laura Laumatia, Dewan Al Rafi, Eric Walsh, Dianne Baumann, Nick Koenig, Laurel Lynch, Tara Hudiburg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Environmental Markets Pay for More Sustainable Farm Dams? A Cost–Benefit Analysis

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm dams are widespread artificial waterbodies that play a critical role in agricultural water security. Enhancing these systems through sustainable interventions such as fencing, hardened access points, and revegetation can improve water quality and deliver carbon and biodiversity co‐benefits.
K. U. D. N. Hansani, Lukas Schuster, Peter I. Macreadie, Kym Whiteoak, Martino E. Malerba   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transboundary Water Supply Service Flow Quantification Framework for Effective Payment for Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
Ecosystem service flows link ecosystems to human well-being, with freshwater being a key provisioning service. Focusing on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau as Asian Water Tower, this study examines pathways of water supply service flow under dynamic supply ...
Weibing Sun, Jia Liu, Yingman Guo, Bin Fu, Xinmin Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tourism as a Catalyst for Blue Carbon Restoration and Conservation: Pathways, Gaps, and Opportunities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism is a major driver of coastal economies worldwide, yet it is also a growing source of pressure on blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes. Nowadays, tourism‐led conservation/restoration is increasingly promoted under the banner of regenerative tourism, but how these projects are motivated ...
Ahalya Suresh, Enayat A. Moallemi, Melissa Wartman, A. Rifaee Rasheed, Phebe I. Rowland, Peter I. Macreadie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends and Future Potential of Payment for Ecosystem Services to Alleviate Rural Poverty in Developing Countries

Ecology and Society, 2010
Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is a market-based approach to environmental management that compensates land stewards for ecosystem conservation and restoration.
Jeffrey C. Milder, Sara J. Scherr, Carina Bracer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health and Sport as a Forest Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas and Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) [PDF]

, 2019
The multifunctional role of the forest is reflected in the preservation of the environment and biodiversity, the mitigation of the consequences of climate change, the preservation of the quality and quantity of drinking water and soil, and it creates the preconditions for the development of green economy.
Tišma, Sanja, Popijač, Marina
openaire  

From Innovation to Sustainability: Integrating Fintech, Green Trade and Knowledge Systems for Circular Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition toward circular and sustainable growth remains a major challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where resource constraints, limited recycling capacity, and infrastructure deficits constrain environmental performance. Drawing on circular economy and innovation systems perspectives, this study examines how financial technology ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Bismark Asante, Maria L. Gorbunova, Isaiah Nketiah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source