Fiscal incentives for biodiversity conservation: the ICMS Ecologico in Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorGrieg-Gran, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialMinas Geraisen
dc.coverage.spatialRondôniaen
dc.coverage.spatialBrazilen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:53Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:53Zen
dc.date.issued2000en
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates an innovative tax revenue-sharing scheme in Brazil, designed to promote the conservation and management of protected areas. Known as the 'ICMS Ecológico', the scheme was introduced by the state of Paraná in Brazil and subsequently by several other states. The scheme aims to compensate municipal governments for the loss of potential tax revenue from the designation of protected areas (mainly by the state and federal government). It is also intended to have an incentive effect, encouraging both better management of existing protected areas as well as the designation of new conservation areas. The paper examines the experience with the ICMS Ecológico in the states of Minas Gerais and Rondônia, two states which present a marked contrast in terms of land use, population density and forest resources. It considers the extent to which the compensation and incentive objectives have been achieved in the two states. The distributional impact of the ICMS Ecológico is also examined through an analysis of the characteristics of the counties which are winners or losers under the scheme.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier2489en
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Economics Discussion Paper 00-01en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-904035-29-9 (formerly 1-904035-29-9)en
dc.identifier.isbn1357-9282en
dc.identifier.other2489_Grieg_Gran2000_Financial_incentives_ICMS.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66990en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, UK: IIEDen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/8119IIED.pdfen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=8119IIEDen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectParksen
dc.subjectLocal governanceen
dc.subjectGovernmenten
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectPESen
dc.subjectProtected areasen
dc.subjectRondôniaen
dc.subjectMinas geraisen
dc.subjectBrazilen
dc.subjectTaxen
dc.subjectIcms ecológicoen
dc.subjectCompensation mechanismsen
dc.subjectDistributional impacten
dc.subjectIncentive impacten
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleFiscal incentives for biodiversity conservation: the ICMS Ecologico in Brazilen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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