Agroforestry systems: hel** smallholders adapt to climate risks while mitigating climate change

RD Lasco, RJP Delfino… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing interest to combine adaptation and mitigation measures that provide win–
win solutions to climate change. Agroforestry systems offer compelling synergies between …

Incentives to sustain forest ecosystem services: A review and lessons for REDD

I Bond - 2009 - books.google.com
" Forest loss, primarily tropical deforestation and forest degradation, accounts for
approximately 17 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (Rogner et al. 2007) …

Direct conservation payments in the Brazilian Amazon: Scope and equity implications

J Börner, S Wunder, S Wertz-Kanounnikoff, MR Tito… - Ecological …, 2010 - Elsevier
This article looks into the scope and equity implications of applying payments for
environmental services (PES) as a REDD implementation mechanism in the Brazilian …

Defining and classifying ecosystem services for economic valuation: the case of forest water services

E Ojea, J Martin-Ortega, A Chiabai - Environmental Science & Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) has become widely accepted as a framework
for understanding and assessing the benefits that ecosystems provide to human well-being …

Principles for fairness and efficiency in enhancing environmental services in Asia: payments, compensation, or co-investment?

M Van Noordwijk, B Leimona - Ecology and Society, 2010 - JSTOR
The term payments for environmental services (PES) has rapidly gained popularity, with its
focus on market-based mechanisms for enhancing environmental services (ES). Current use …

Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design

J Brner, S Wunder - International Forestry Review, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) is considered a significant
mitigation opportunity. Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon has traditionally been highest in …

Conserving biodiversity in production landscapes

KA Wilson, E Meijaard, S Drummond… - Ecological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Alternative land uses make different contributions to the conservation of biodiversity and
have different implementation and management costs. Conservation planning analyses to …

Evaluation of the permanence of land use change induced by payments for environmental services in Quindío, Colombia

S Pagiola, J Honey-Rosés, J Freire-González - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The effectiveness of conservation interventions such as Payments for Environmental
Services (PES) is often evaluated—if it is evaluated at all—only at the completion of the …

The forgotten D: challenges of addressing forest degradation in complex mosaic landscapes under REDD+

O Mertz, D Müller, T Sikor, C Hett… - … -Danish Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
International climate negotiations have stressed the importance of considering emissions
from forest degradation under the planned REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation …

Spatial modeling of deforestation processes in the Central Peruvian Amazon

V Bax, W Francesconi, M Quintero - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
This study examines the relation between primary forest loss and landscape characteristics
in the Ucayali region, Peru. Seven variables (rivers, elevation, annual precipitation, soil …