This monograph investigates a multitude of emerging technologies including 3D printing,
5G, blockchain, and many more to assess their potential for use to further humanity's shared …

Highlights•The effectiveness and equity of payments for ecosystem services (PES) in the
tropics are reviewed.•PES are generally environmentally effective but unfair.•There are …

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to civilization and makes it necessary to
intensify efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their concentration in the air. In …

Abstract Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have become a popular instrument in the
last decades and this growing trend is also clearly evident in Brazil. However, challenges …

Highlights•The Indonesian Village Fund is an intergovernmental fiscal transfer that could
support restoration and conservation.•We evaluate the implementation of the Green PNPM …

Abstract The Coase Theorem has a central place in the theory of environmental economics
and regulation. Its applicability for solving real-world externality problems remains debated …

Abstract Payments for Environmental Services (PES) have been widely adopted worldwide
as a new market-based initiative for conservation and environmental management. In …

Forest and water protection once relied primarily on regulatory means to achieve
conservation ends, but an explosion of market-based and neoliberal approaches to …

Nature and technology are at the core of many ongoing social transformations and political
struggles. While constructivist approaches in general and poststructuralist theories in …

Abstract The Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) concept is mainly based on Coasean
economics theory that emphasizes the creation of a voluntary or market-based transaction …