Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations- FAO
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) from Agricultural Landscapes
PES Materials
Ecosystem thinking |
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| Millennium Ecosystem Assessment World Resources Institute 2005. Island Press, Washington, DC An assessment of the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and the scientific basis for action needed to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of those systems and their contribution to human well-being |
| Ecosystem Services: A Guide for Decision Makers Ranganathan, J. Bennett, K., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Lucas, N., Irwin, F., Zurek, M., Ash N. and West, P. World Resources Institute 2008. Island Press, Washington, DC Presents various methods that use ecosystem services—the benefits of nature such as food, fuel, natural hazard protection, pollination, and spiritual sustenance—to enable decision makers to link ecosystems and economic development. |
Introduction to Payments for Environmental Services |
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The report explores the potential for agriculture to provide enhanced levels of environmental services alongside the production of food and fi bre, and highlights the need to improve farmer incentives to sustain and improve the ecosystems on which we all depend. PES are one of the approaches to provide these incentives and the report clarifyes the challenges that need to be addressed in implementing these schemes to contribute to the realization of its potential. |
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Silver Bullet or Fools' Gold: A global review of markets for forest environmental services and their impact on the poor Landell-Mills, T. and Porras. I. T. 2002. International Institute for Environment and Development, London A global review of emerging markets for previously non-traded forest environmental services, based on 287 cases from both developed and developing countries |
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All that glitters… A review of payments for watershed services in developing countries Porras, I., M. Grieg-Gran. and B. Neves.2008. International Institute for Environmental and Development, London An in-depth international review and analysis of all accessible ongoing initiatives and advanced proposals for market mechanisms for watershed services |
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Fair deals for watershed services: Lessons from a multi-country action learning project Ivan Bond and James Mayers. 2009. International Institute for Environmental and Development, London There is lots of theory about PES. This report explores the evidence. It describes what the protagonists in a range of watershed sites around the world have learned in their efforts to set up such payment scheme |
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Payments for environmental services: Some nuts and bolts. This paper aims to help demystify PES for non-economists, starting with a simple and coherent definition of the term. It then provides practical "how-to" hints for PES design. It considers the likely niche for PES in the portfolio of conservation approaches. |
