Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations- FAO
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) from Agricultural Landscapes
PES Links
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| A conceptual framework for analyzing the links between poverty reduction and payments for environmental services D. Zilberman, L. Lipper and N. McCarthy. ESA working paper 06-15 |
| Abatement and Transaction Costs of Carbon-sink Projects Involving Smallholders. Oscar Cacho and Leslie Lipper. ESA working paper 06-13 |
| Assessing the impact of transactions costs on carbon market participation with empirical evidence from Indonesia. An ESA working paper by Oscar Cacho, Graham Marshall and Mary Milne entitled “Smallholder agroforestry projects: potential for carbon sequestration and poverty alleviation” gives a comprehensive overview of the issue of transactions costs as they relate to including the poor in carbon sequestration payment programs |
| IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry projects |
| Winrock International Carbon sequestration monitoring methodology |
| Plan Vivo a system for managing the supply of verifiable emission reductions from rural communities in a way that promotes sustainable livelihoods. Operational projects in Mozambique , Uganda and Mexico . |
| The World Bank Carbon Finance Unit Including Community Development Carbon Fund . BioCarbon Fund , Forest Carbon Partnership Facility |
| Ecosystem Marketplace- Market Watch section Updates on trading information for the 4 main markets |
| UNFCCC CDM Bazaar The UNFCCC CDM Bazaar is a Web-based facility which serves as a platform for exchange of information on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project opportunities. |
| CCX- Chicago Climate Exchange see specially project types Agricultural Soil Carbon Offsets and CCX list of verifiers |
| Ecobusinesslinks.com Carbon Offset Survey Regularly updated list comparing carbon offset prices |
| At FAO |
| FAO Foro Electrónico Latinoamericano on Payment Schemes for Environmental Services in Watersheds 2003-2004 Contributions on experiences designing and implementing PES in watersheds and their impacts. Case studies from regional forum in Arequipa , Ecuador and FAO Land-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds Case Study Series |
| FAO Water Development and Management Unit |
| FAO Water website |
| Land-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds, FAO's programme on hydrological services in watershed management. Land and Water Development Division |
| Water Management and Irrigation Systems Group FAO Water Resources, Development and Management Service |
| Unasylva -International Journal of Forestry and Forest Industries No. 229 Vol. 58, 2007/4 |
| All that glitters: A review of payments for watershed services in developing countries Ina Porras, Maryanne Grieg-Gran, Nanete Neves. International Institute for Environment and Development, London |
WOCAT- World overview of conservation approaches and technologies WOCAT-Where the Land is Greener -case studies and analysis of soil and water conservation initiatives worldwide.Hanspeter, L., Critchley, W. (Eds.)World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) |
| PASOLAC Guía técnica de conservación de suelos y agua Programa para la Agricultura Sostenible en Laderas de América Central- PASOLAC. 1999. |
| PES page at the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM CRSP). Collaborative Research Support Program SANREM CRSP Virginia Tech |
| ICRAF Watershed management research. A series of briefs on the relation between land use, erosion and water. Land use and water flow models |
| Models from the Centre for Land Use and Water Resources Research (CLUWRR) Newcastle University HYdrology of Land Use Change (HYLUC) and the GIS-dissemination tool- EXploratory Climate Land Assessment and Impact Management (EXCLAIM) . |
Communicating ecosystem services- tolls for scientists to engage the public
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| ICRAF- Rapid Agrobiodiversity Appraisal (RABA) |
| IUCN list of existing private sector biodiversity initiatives |
| International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance An association of leading voluntary international standard-setting and conformity assessment organisations that focuses on social and environmental issues, including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Rainforest Alliance. |
| BBOP - The Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP) A new partnership between companies, governments and conservation experts to explore biodiversity offsets |
| Verde Ventures A part of the NGO Conservation International, invests in small- and medium-sized businesses that are strategically placed to contribute to conserving Earth's biologically richest and most threatened areas |
