From PES to IES: Part I
In 2013, scholars, policy makers and practitioners collaborated with the IES project to prepare 28 case study fact sheets on innovative incentives for ecosystem services initiatives around the world. These different examples were then presented and discussed during a Multi-stakeholder Dialogue to highlight the challenges and opportunities linked to the development and sustainable viability of such initiatives.
The case studies presented below do not illustrate the full integrated criteria for an IES package, but include at least one element from the incentives spectrum to reward or compensate farmers to implement improved agriculture, land, forest or watershed management practices.
The cases and Multi-stakeholder Dialogue discussions helped to define the focus of the project beyond 2014 and contributed to the design of the toolkit for practitioners and policy makers.
Private sector led RPE/ PES schemes
Private sector led RPE/ PES schemes
1. The Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality™ program as a unique approach to sustainable coffee sourcing
Barone, P. Nestlé Nespresso, Switzerland
2. Conserving biodiversity and commercializing non-timber forest products in Venezuela’s Caura Basin
Neisten, E., Conservation International/ Givaudan
3. Promotion of standard fruit trees generating numerous ecosystem services and local revenues, Seetal, Switzerland
Achermann, J., Hochstamm Seetal
PES, RPE to preserve biodiversity/ empower indigenous people
PES, RPE to preserve biodiversity/ empower indigenous people
5. Rewarding water-related ecosystem services in the Canete River Basin, Peru - Loyola, R., Peruvian Ministry of the Environment
6. Enduring land and cultural sustainability for Ngāti Porou through afforestation subsidies - Porou, T., Whanui Forests (NPWF)
7. Tourism investment in regulating and cultural ecosystem services, Rusenski Lom Park, Bulgaria - Todorova, M., WWF
8. Kabukuri wetlands 'win-win' solutions for conservation and development, Osaki City, Miyagi, Japan - McDonald, A., Sophia University, Japan
Sustainable financing for watershed management
Sustainable financing for watershed management
9. Ensuring groundwater recharge in a sensitive Michigan watershed through PES, USA
Brovellis, E., Coca Cola
10. Financial sustainability for environmental services: Rural development in micro-watersheds, Rio Rural, Brazil
Helga Hissa, Rio de Janeiro State Secretary for Agriculture
11. The Vittel case: A public-private partnership in the mineral water industry, France
Perrot-Maître, D.
12. Water for life and sustainability: Water Fund in Cauca Valley, Colombia
Veiga, F., The Nature Conservancy
PES, RPE and rural-urban linkages
PES, RPE and rural-urban linkages
13. Equitable payments for watershed services: Financing conservation and development in Tanzania
Tresierra, J., WWF
14. Engaging local business in PES: Lessons from Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Njenga, N., WWF Netherlands
Rewarding climate change mitigation
Rewarding climate change mitigation
17. Permanent protection of otherwise logged Bikin Forest, Primorye, Russia
Chuvasov, E., WWF Russia
19. Forest conservation in Mexico: Ten years of PEShttp://www.fao.org/3/a-bl935e.pdf - Bauche Petersen, P., consultant and Sandoval, P., FAO
PES as a vehicle for the creation of innovation
PES as a vehicle for the creation of innovation
20. Syngenta-Operation Pollinator for multi-functional landscapes
Weiss, P., Syngenta
22. Policy experiment of transboundary watershed management of the Xin'an River, China
Wen, C., University of Leeds
New tools to increase effectiveness in design of ecosystem services rewards
New tools to increase effectiveness in design of ecosystem services rewards
23. Co-investment in protecting watershed functions of Sumberjaya, Way Besai, Indonesia - Pasha, R., ICRAF
24. Implementing PES within public watershed structures: A case of the Sasumua watershed in Kenya
Gathenya, J., ICRAF, Kenya
25. No free lunches: PES and the funding of agricultural biodiversity conservation. Insights from a competitive tender for quinoa-related conservation services in Bolivia and Peru
Pascual, U., Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Spain and Drucker, A., Bioversity International
PES in livestock and fisheries
PES in livestock and fisheries
26. The Olare Orok Conservancy: Tourism investment in wildlife conservation, Kenya
Osano, P., McGill/ ILRI, Kenya
27. Livestock and biogas: Positive externalities generated by the Keekonyokie slaughter house, Kiserian, Kenya
Aerni, P., FAO/ ETH Zurich
28. Reduction of the environmental impact on ETP (endangered, threatened, protected) species of a coastal passive fishery in the Baltic Sea
Zimmermann, C., Thuenen Institute