Selling two environmental services: In-kind payments for bird habitat and watershed protection in Los Negros, Bolivia

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Date

2008

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Elsevier B.V.

Abstract

This article describes the payment for environmental services (PES) scheme in Los Negros valley, Bolivia, which pays landowners for two environmental services provided by forest protection - bird habitat and watershed services. Paying landowners for both environmental services allows for multiple sources of funding (i.e., conservation donors as well as downstream irrigators), thus making forest conservation a more competitive land use choice for owners.

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Keywords

Wildlife, Adult education, Deforestation, Biodiversity, Payments for environmental services, Local NGOs, Environmental services, Water, Endangered species, Conservation, Irrigation, Biodiversity conservation, PES, Watershed protection, Bolivia, Forest protection, Ecosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Watershed

Citation

Ecological Economics 65(4): 675-684