Varela, J.B.Piña, C.M.Southgate, Doug2016-04-192016-04-192007Presented at the Global Workshop on Payments/Rewards for Environmental Services, Lombok, Indonesia, 22-23 January 20073354_Southgate_Regional_Synth_L_Am.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67455This presentation covers a general overview of the history and characteristics of PES work in Latin America. It highlights examples in Costa Rica, Mexico and the South American countries of Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia. More specifically it discusses the role of water PES and watershed protection in these areas, and how this is different from PES work in other countries. Also included in this presentation is a brief discussion of the role of ecotourism in relation to PES and rural development.application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightRural developmentEcosystemPayments for environmental servicesTransfer paymentsWaterWatershed managementEcotourismLatin americaPESEcosystem Governance WatershedPresentation