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Costa Rica's payment for environmental services program: intention, implementation, and impact.
Sánchez-Azofeifa, G Arturo; Pfaff, Alexander; Robalino, Juan Andres; Boomhower, Judson P.
Afiliação
  • Sánchez-Azofeifa GA; Earth Observation Systems Laboratory, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada. arturo.sanchez@ualberta.ca
Conserv Biol ; 21(5): 1165-73, 2007 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17883482
ABSTRACT
We evaluated the intention, implementation, and impact of Costa Rica's program of payments for environmental services (PSA), which was established in the late 1990s. Payments are given to private landowners who own land in forest areas in recognition of the ecosystem services their land provides. To characterize the distribution of PSA in Costa Rica, we combined remote sensing with geographic information system databases and then used econometrics to explore the impacts of payments on deforestation. Payments were distributed broadly across ecological and socioeconomic gradients, but the 1997-2000 deforestation rate was not significantly lower in areas that received payments. Other successful Costa Rican conservation policies, including those prior to the PSA program, may explain the current reduction in deforestation rates. The PSA program is a major advance in the global institutionalization of ecosystem investments because few, if any, other countries have such a conservation history and because much can be learned from Costa Rica's experiences.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ecossistema / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais Tipo de estudo: Sysrev_observational_studies País/Região como assunto: America central / Costa rica Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2007 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ecossistema / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais Tipo de estudo: Sysrev_observational_studies País/Região como assunto: America central / Costa rica Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2007 Tipo de documento: Article