Participation in payments for ecosystem services: case studies from the Lacandon rainforest, Mexico

Kosoy, Nicolas, Corbera, Esteve and Brown, Kate (2008) Participation in payments for ecosystem services: case studies from the Lacandon rainforest, Mexico. Geoforum, 39 (6). pp. 2073-2083.

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Abstract

Understanding people’s willingness to participate in projects and programmes of payments for ecosystem services (PES) has not been a key analytical concern of the scholarly literature around this new field of environmental policy and practice. This paper analyses participation in four communities benefiting from payments for biodiversity and carbon fixation in Mexico, and contrasts the results for each case with neighbouring communities that do not receive payments. We take a holistic approach that accounts for procedural rules, actors’ interactions, institutions and values, and individuals’ characteristics. We show that the nature of PES rules and the effectiveness of communication with government officers and NGOs influence resource managers’ ability and willingness to participate. We highlight community size, resource managers’ ability to diversify livelihood activities and local perspectives on the conservation of common forests, particularly sacred values and intergenerational concerns on forest conservation, as critical participation drivers. This analysis provides insights on why and how these new institutions may be attractive for some resource managers and permits to draw some recommendations for the future design of PES projects and programmes.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2011 13:06
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2023 12:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/18925
DOI:	10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.08.007

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