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Ecological Economics, 2003

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Dec 1, 2001

Y. 10017, Estados Unidos. Los Estados miembros y sus instituciones gubernamentales pueden reprodu... more Y. 10017, Estados Unidos. Los Estados miembros y sus instituciones gubernamentales pueden reproducir esta obra sin autorización previa. Sólo se les solicita que mencionen la fuente e informen a las Naciones Unidas de tal reproducción.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2001

A pesar de que los bosques no solo son fuente de materias Primas sino que proporcionan servicios ... more A pesar de que los bosques no solo son fuente de materias Primas sino que proporcionan servicios ambientales que resultan centrales para el sosten de la Tierra, enfrentan serias amenazas en cuanto a su conservacion. Ademas, en muy raras ocasiones los beneficiarios de esa situacion pagan por los servicios que reciben de dichos ecosistemas, lo que da lugar a que existan muy pocos incentivos para cuidar este tipo de ambientes y a que, por otra parte, se limite el desarrollo rural. Los enfoques basados en el mercado han sido pensados para ofrecer un considerable potencial en cuanto incentivos para la conservacion y el aprovechamiento adecuados de los bosques, asi como para crear nuevas fuentes de ingreso para las poblaciones que viven en el campo. Esta segunda edicion de La venta de servicios ambientales forestales presenta un cuidadoso analisis de multiples casos relacionados con el tema. abarcando materias como la biodiversidad, la conservacion, la proteccion de cuencas y la captura d...

Policy Research Working Papers, 2019

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encoura... more The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

Mountain Research and Development, 2005

BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access t... more BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.03.011 Payments for environmental services (PES) have attracted incre... more doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.03.011 Payments for environmental services (PES) have attracted increasing interest as a mechanism to translate external, non-market values of the environment into real financial incentives for local actors to provide environmental services (ES). In this introductory paper, we set the stage for the rest of this Special Issue of Ecological Economics by reviewing the main issues arising in PES design and implementation and discussing these in the light of environmental economics. We start with a discussion of PES definition and scope. We proceed to review some of the principal dimensions and design characteristics of PES programs and then analyze how PES compares to alternative policy instruments. Finally, we examine in detail two important aspects of PES programs: their effectiveness and their distributional implications. PES is not a silver bullet that can be used to address any environmental problem, but a tool tailored to address a specific set of probl...

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Identification and quantification of water services Quantity, quality, and regularity of water fl... more Identification and quantification of water services Quantity, quality, and regularity of water flows Impact on treatment and distribution Need to understand chain of cause and effect Cost of treatment and distribution, value of sales

The World Bank Research Observer, Aug 1, 2012

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ABSTRACT The use of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) has grown explosively in Brazil sin... more ABSTRACT The use of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) has grown explosively in Brazil since 2006. Even in this short period, an extraordinarily rich range of experiences has developed, with examples of the application of PES at a variety of scales, ranging from microwatersheds to entire states; in a variety of contexts, from remote forest frontier areas to the periurban fringe of megacities like São Paulo; and using a variety of approaches, using direct payments by users, sales to regulated and voluntary carbon markets, government funding, and mixes of these approaches. The World Bank is supporting several of these efforts, particularly in the states of São Paulo and Espírito Santo. Although many of the existing PES mechanisms are intended as pilots for scaled-up programs, their experience has been very poorly documented to date. This lack of documentation makes it difficult for PES efforts within Brazil to learn from each other. It also limits the potential for lessons from Brazil’s efforts to benefit other countries working on PES. Accordingly, the World Bank, in partnership with the São Paulo State Environment Secretariat (SMA), supported the preparation and publication of a set of detailed case studies of PES programs in Brazil. The book includes eighteen detailed case studies.

The World Bank Research Observer, 1994

Most countries in Central America and the Caribbean depend heavily on agriculture; efforts to sus... more Most countries in Central America and the Caribbean depend heavily on agriculture; efforts to sustain and improve the sector's productivity are therefore crucial to the region's economic development and to the welfare of its people. Land degradation is thought to pose a severe threat to the sustainability of agricultural production. Yet despite long-standing concern about this threat and dramatic claims of environmental damage, surprisingly little empirical analysis has been done on the causes and severity of land degradation problems in the region and on how best to tackle them. Meanwhile, many of the conservation programs designed to address the problems have fallen short of expectations. Often farmers have not adopted the recommended conservation practices or have abandoned them once the project ended. The research presented in this article attempts to bridge the empirical gap, using cost-benefit analysis to investigate the nature and severity of the soil degradation problem and to assess the cost-effectiveness of proposed solutions. Because soil degradation problems tend to be site-specific, the analysis is rooted in case studies, and because conservation programs stand or fall on the participation of farmers, the study's main focus is on the profitability of the measures and the deterrents to their adoption from the farmers' point of view. Soil degradation can be defined as a reduction in the land's actual or potential uses (Blaikie and Brookfield 1987). Many cultivation practices tend to degrade soil over time. For example, cultivation can expose soil to water and wind erosion, repeated tillage can weaken soil structure, crop production can remove nutrients, and use of machinery can compact the soil. Central America's mountains and heavy rainfall make much of the region particularly

The World Bank Research Observer, 2012

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Un desarrollo económico exitoso depende del uso racional de los recursos y en reducir, tanto como... more Un desarrollo económico exitoso depende del uso racional de los recursos y en reducir, tanto como sea posible, los impactos ambientales adversos de los proyectos de desarrollo. La Evaluación Ambiental (EA) es una primera herramienta para alcanzar este objetivo, ...

European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1997

Environmental and Resource Economics, 2010

Environment and Development Economics, 2004

This paper examines agricultural intensification and its impact on deforestation in a frontier re... more This paper examines agricultural intensification and its impact on deforestation in a frontier region of the Philippines. Panel data covering the period 1994–2000 are used to study labor demand and resource reallocation in response to lowland irrigation development. Results illustrate how irrigation has led to changes in employment, incomes, and activities at the forest margin. Findings indicate that the off-farm employment opportunities created by irrigation development have helped to reduce rates of forest clearing. Although some initial employment gains have been reversed, wage-induced increases in agricultural productivity in the uplands have reduced forest pressure. Results show that lowland irrigation has had direct, indirect, and lagged effects on rates of forest clearing, and that a virtuous cycle may be at play, with irrigation leading to both poverty reduction and reduced forest pressure.