Payments for ecosystem services: rife with problems and potential—for transformation towards sustainability
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs are one prominent strategy to address
economic externalities of resource extraction and commodity production, improving both …
economic externalities of resource extraction and commodity production, improving both …
Climate change mitigation, land grabbing and conflict: towards a landscape-based and collaborative action research agenda
Recent research has highlighted the conflict potential of both land deals and climate change
mitigation projects, but generally the two phenomena are studied separately and the focus is …
mitigation projects, but generally the two phenomena are studied separately and the focus is …
Defining and measuring sustainability: a systematic review of studies in rural Latin America and the Caribbean
C Gibbes, AL Hopkins, AI Díaz… - Environment …, 2020 - Springer
Research on sustainability was ignited by the Brundtland Report and further fueled by the
recognition that sustainability is a critical challenge for the twenty-first century. The explosion …
recognition that sustainability is a critical challenge for the twenty-first century. The explosion …
Economic Performance of Forest Plantations in Vietnam: Eucalyptus, Acacia mangium, and Manglietia conifera
Forest plantations have expanded rapidly in response to financial support from the state and
local governments and have had significant positive impacts on rural livelihoods and …
local governments and have had significant positive impacts on rural livelihoods and …
Climate change policies, land grabbing and conflict: Perspectives from Southeast Asia
Since the late 1990s, and particularly over the past decade, we have witnessed a
proliferation of land-related initiatives being globally promoted in response to the climate …
proliferation of land-related initiatives being globally promoted in response to the climate …
Evaluating ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies from slash-and-mulch agroforestry systems in El Salvador
Agroforestry has been proposed as an alternative to slash-and-burn agriculture for
smallholder farmers throughout the tropics in order to enhance ecosystem service (ES) …
smallholder farmers throughout the tropics in order to enhance ecosystem service (ES) …
Bringing transparency into the process: Social network analysis as a tool to support the participatory design and implementation process of Payments for Ecosystem …
Abstract Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are criticized, amongst other reasons, for
their basis in ideas suited to the neoliberal political economy and for the unequal distribution …
their basis in ideas suited to the neoliberal political economy and for the unequal distribution …
Clean development or the development of dispossession? The political economy of wind parks in Southern Mexico
C Hesketh - Environment and Planning E: Nature and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Through an investigation of the political economy of wind park development in Oaxaca,
southern Mexico, I explore the contested meaning of environmental justice. I contend that …
southern Mexico, I explore the contested meaning of environmental justice. I contend that …
The metrics of making ecosystem services
P McElwee - Environment and Society, 2017 - berghahnjournals.com
Ecosystem services (ES) are increasingly used as the conceptual driver for conservation
and development actions, largely following from the influential Millennium Ecosystem …
and development actions, largely following from the influential Millennium Ecosystem …
The benefits that (only) capital can see? Resource access and degradation in industrial carbon forestry, lessons from the CDM in Uganda
K Edstedt, W Carton - Geoforum, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent research has shed light on the various tradeoffs involved in carbon forestry, ie the
pursuit of international forestry projects to help mitigate climate change. This article …
pursuit of international forestry projects to help mitigate climate change. This article …