Environment

New key issues guide: Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)

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The concept of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) - also called Payments for Environmental Services - has received substantial interest in recent years as a way of creating positive economic incentives to change human behaviour in ways that increase or maintain environmental services, such as watershed protection, the sequestration of carbon and the provision of habitat for endangered species. This key issues page provides an overview of PES schemes, their potential and possible pitfalls, and links to further reading from a range of sources.

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How to implement participatory water monitoring: ( The Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman , 2008); Participatory monitoring is one established and accepted way for the public to make informed decisions. Through the collection of data that is credible to multiple parties, participatory monitoring...
Planning and managing the impacts of climate change on human migration: ( M. Couldrey;M. Herson / , 2008); In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming ...
Minimising conflict in water delivery: lessons from Uganda: ( K. Harris / Saferworld , 2008); Water projects have, arguably, the greatest potential to create conflict in development programmes. Not only is water central to health, sanitation and agrarian livelihoods but it can contribu...
Key issues page on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): ( Eldis Environment Resource Guide , 2008); The concept of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) - also called Payments for Environmental Services - has received substantial interest in recent years as a way of creating positive economic incent...
Are fuels a close substitute of food in South Africa?: ( D. Weatherspoon;A. Mabiso / AgEcon Search , 2008); There are growing concerns that food-fuel tradeoffs are beginning to present serious challenges for food security. Understanding the nature of food-fuels tradeoffs is imperative for effective policy m...
Climate change and the role of energy in the Mediterranean: ( P. Van Grunderbeeck;H. Allal;Y. Tourre / Plan Bleu , 2008); An analysis of climate change issues in the Mediterranean region with an emphasis on Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs). SEMCs appear to be more vulnerable to climate change as they ...
How to mitigate human-elephant conflict in Africa (participant manual): ( G.E. Parker;F.V. Osborn;R.E. Hoarse / , 2007); Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) is a complex and pervasive problem that occurs throughout the range of the African elephant wherever elephants and people share the same habitat, often competing for the ...
How to mitigate elephant-human conflict in Africa (trainer's manual): ( R.E. Hoarse;L.S. Niskanen;G.E. Parker / The People & Wildlife Initiative , 2007); Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) is a complex and pervasive problem that occurs throughout the range of the African elephant wherever elephants and people share the same habitat, often competing for t...
Rights based approaches and climate change: ( Oxfam , 2008); This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change. The document emphasises that the human rights community must beco...
The climate change fund as a global climate change response: ( South Centre , 2008); This paper examines the prospect of creating a Climate Change Fund (CCF) as an option for financing the global climate change response. It also looks at a breakdown of elements that would comprise the...