Payment for environmental services in agricultural landscapes: economic policies and poverty reduction in developing countries

In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries. PES programs use marketand institutional incentives in order to meet both environmental and poverty alleviation objectives. However, their optimal design, implications for the rural poor, and how these initiatives integrate into international treaties on global warming and biodiversity loss are still being discussed. This book addresses these issues by scrutinizing analytical tools, providing policy insights and stimulating debate on linkages between poverty alleviation and environmental protection. In particular, it turns attention towards the role of environmental services in agricultural landscapes as they provide a living for many poor in developing countries. It serves as a valuable reference for academics andstudents in various disciplines, as well as for policy makers and advisors. One of the first books to focus on the effects of payment for environmental service (PES) programs on the rural poor Peer-reviewed contributions from expertsin the fields INDICE: From the contents Introduction and Overview.- Putting Payments forEnvironmental Services in the Context of Economic Development.- Designing Payments for Environmental Services with Weak Property Rights and External Interests.- Marketing Environmental Services.- Experimental Economics and Environmental Services.- Economics of Carbon Sequestration Projects Involving Smallholders.- Conservation Payments to Reduce Wildlife Habitat Fragmentation and Disease Risks.- Payments for Ecosystem Services, Poverty and Sustainability: The Case of Agricultural Soil Carbon Sequestration.- Wildlife Conservation in Amboseli, Kenya: Paying for Nonuse Values.- Lessons Learned from Mexico's Payment forEnvironmental Services Program.- Agricultural Landscape Externalities, Agro-Tourism and Rural Poverty Reduction in Morocco.- Wetlands Services in Pallisa Uganda.- Agrobiodiversity Services and Rice Breeds in the Philippines.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-72969-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés