Decentralized payments for environmental services: The cases of Pimampiro and PROFAFOR in Ecuador

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2008
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Elsevier B.V.
Abstract

This article evaluates two established payment for environmental services (PES) schemes in Ecuador: the watershed protection program in Pimampiro and the PROFAFOR carbon sequestration program. The design, effectiveness, and impacts of these schemes are described and compared.

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Carbon sequestration, Payments for environmental services, Watershed management, Decentralization, PES, Watershed protection, Ecuador, Profafor, Pimampiro, Ecosystem Governance Watershed
Citation
Ecological Economics 65(4): 685-698