Alternatives to PES for securing delivery of environmental services

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2007
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Blacksburg, VA: SANREM CRSP, OIRED, Virginia Tech
Abstract

Introduction: Environmental services can be thought of simply as positive externalities: benefits that accrue to people who do not pay for them, supplied by people who are not compensated for doing so. This helps explain why environmental services are often undersupplied and why there is interest in developing mechanisms to secure their delivery.

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Environmental services, Payments for environmental services, Conservation strategy, Laws and regulations, Conservation incentives, PES, Positive externalities, Delivery mechanisms, Moral suasion, Regulatory limits, Incentives, Negative externalities, Tradable permits, Investment subsidies, Governance
Citation
USAID PES Brief 6