Ensuring that the poor benefit from payments for environmental services
Abstract: Systems of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are being increasingly used to finance conservation in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, and elsewhere. A critical dimension of […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): S. Pagiola; A. Arcenas; G. Platais
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
La Conservacion y el desarrollo integrado: Lecciones aprendidas al vincular pueblos, proyectos y politicas en America tropical
El Programa de Conservacion y Desarrollo Integrado (ICDP) surgio a mediados de los 80 como una estrategia dual para asegurar la proteccion ambiental y el manejo […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): R. Rhoades; J. Stallings (eds.)
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Pago por los servicios ambientales: La experiencia de Costa Rica
Este articulo discute el programa de pago de servicios ambientales de Costa Rica. Describe el marco legal, el marco institucional, y la financiacion del programa. Also […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): J.M. Rodriguez Zuniga
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Paying for forest environmental services: The Costa Rican experience
This article provides an Overview of the evolution of Costa Rica’s Environmental Services payment programme mechanisms for paying forest owners for the environmental services they provide. […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): J.M. Rodriguez Zuniga
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Water resources management and willingness to pay: The case of Cotacachi, Ecuador
This study addresses the economics of water resource development, Generally, and of watershed management, specifically. It seeks to determine what local people are willing to pay […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): F. Rodriguez; D. Southgate
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
What are we learning from experiences with markets for environmental services in Costa Rica? A review and critique of the literature
Abstract: Policymakers and practioners worldwide are increasingly interested in the use of markets and payments for environmental services. In the developing world, Costa Rica has led […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): M. Rojas; B. Aylward
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Compensation for Environmental Services and Rural Communities: Lessons from the Americas and Key Issues for Strengthening Community Strategies
This book synthesizes the lessons learned from the implementation of payment schemes for ecosystem services (PES) in the Americas, where equity is a central concern. The […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): H. Rosa; S. Kandel; L. Dimas
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
Costa Rica – Introducing water use charges to pay for environmental services case # 1
Abstract: This case describes the process, and presents the main problems faced in levying, collecting and distributing funds from the water sector (hydro electricity and water […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): S. Cordero
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Reality 3D: Innovative representations of an Andean landscape
Excerpt: Mountain environments present many challenges, not least of which is how to accurately portray their ecological complexity for purposes of integrated natural resource management. In […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): SANREM CRSP
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Plant-water relations in an Andean landscape: Modeling the effect of irrigation on upland crop production
In the inter-Andean valleys of northern Ecuador, irrigation systems have long been used to minimize drought risk and secure the production of food crops during dry […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): F. Zehetner; W. Miller
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
