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  Local sustainable development effects of forest carbon projects in Brazil and Bolivia: a view from the field

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  This study seeks to bridge critical gaps that remain in the understanding of social and environmental incentives and impacts at the interface between people, forests, and carbon. It explores the extent to which carbon sequestration projects can contribute to national sustainable development, and suggests avenues for project design and implementation to proactively enhance local benefits.
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  Payments for environmental services: an equitable approach for reducing poverty and conserving nature

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006

  This paper looks at Payments for Environmental Services (PES) as an equitable approach for reducing poverty and conserving nature. It presents a number of case studies including Guatemala, Peru and the Philippines, whilst also discussing the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) approach to equitable PES.
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  Payment for Environmental Services: a survey and assessment of current schemes

  NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2004

  This report surveys Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes in the Western hemisphere. It analyses the main differences and similarities between PES models as well as their strengths and limitations and identifies conditions for success and highlights experiences that could emerge as best practices to maximise positive impacts in environmental and socio-economic outcomes.
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  Innovative financing mechanisms for conservation and sustainable forest management

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2002

  This newletter contains four short articles discussing the potential for financing carbon sequestration services. The articles particularly focus on this issue in the context of the Kyoto protocol and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Below are the titles of the four articles and some of the key points made by their authors: 
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  Compensation for Ecosystem Services (CES): a catalyst for ecosystem conservation and poverty alleviation?

  InfoResources, 2004

  This document looks at the use of Compensation Ecosystem Services (CES) as a potential catalyst for ecosystem conservation and poverty alleviation. It aims to improve understanding of the concept and also discusses the key challenges faced in implementation of CES.
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  Payments for environmental services: environment strategy notes

  Environment Department, World Bank, 2008

  The valuable environmental services provided by natural ecosystems are too often lost as a result of mismanagement and lack of incentives to preserve them. Helping countries find innovative solutions to such problems—which intersect with livelihood, vulnerability, and health issues—is key.
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  CAMPFIRE and the payment for environmental services

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2005

  This paper explores lessons learned from the Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) as a precursor to Payment for Environmental Services (PES). It focuses on the implementation, performance, outcomes and possible adaptations that might be of use for PES.
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  The Vittel payments for ecosystem services: a ‘perfect’ PES case?

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  This document analyses the success of a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programme implemented in France, where farmers were financed to change their farming practices to reduce the risk of nitrate contamination. The paper examines the methodology used by Vittel, and the ten year process that was used to transform conflict into a successful partnership.
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  The ecosystem concept and the identification of ecosystem goods and services in the English policy context

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2007

  This paper reviews the key aspects of the Ecosystem Approach, and in particular, it explores how the approach can be used to identify and assess the goods and services associated with England’s major terrestrial ecosystems. It also looks at the rationale for using an ecosystem approach in decision making.
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  Bunda College of Agriculture

    The college aims to advance and promote knowledge , skills, self-reliance and sound character for:

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