Eldis key issues page: Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
The concept of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) - also called Payments for Environmental Services - has received substantial interest in recent years as a way of creating positive economic incentives to change human behaviour in ways that increase or maintain environmental services, such as watershed protection, the sequestration of carbon and the provision of habitat for endangered species.
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Eldis key issues page: Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
Produced by: Eldis Environment Resource Guide (2008)
The concept of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) - also called
Payments for Environmental Services - has received substantial
interest in recent years as a way of creating positive economic
incentives to change human behaviour in ways that increase or
maintain environmental services, such as watershed protection, the
sequestration of carbon and the provision of habitat for endangered
species. This key issues page provides an overview of PES schemes,
their potential and possible pitfalls, and links to further reading
from a range of sources.
Available online at:
Eldis key issues page: Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
