Publication
The social impacts of the Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Scheme in Costa Rica: A quantitative field survey and analysis of the Virilla watershed
Details
Author(s):
M. Miranda; I.T. Porras; M.L. Moreno
Type of Document:
Research Report
Publisher/Journal:
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Date of Publication:
2003
Place of Publication:
London, UK
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Description
Abstract: In 1996 Costa Rica implemented an innovative programme of Payments for Environmental Services (PES). Through this programme, forest and plantation owners are financially rewarded and legally acknowledged for the environmental services their forests provide to the community, both nationally and globally. By means of a case study of the Virilla watershed in Costa Rica, this report uses the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to analyse the social effects of the PES programme, and examines the effects the programme has had on financial, human, social, physical and environmental capital.
