Background: Conservation decisions not only impact wildlife, habitat, and environmental
health, but also human wellbeing and social justice. The inclusion of safeguards and equity …

The economic conservation instrument of payments for ecosystem services (PES) enjoys an
increasing popularity among scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations alike …

Payments for environmental services (PES) programs incentivize landowners to protect or
improve natural resources. Many conservationists fear that introducing compensation for …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

This study synthesizes findings from studies of the social and behavioral outcomes of
collective payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs. The collective PES model is …

The literature on payments for ecosystem services (PES) applied in regions where
indigenous peoples are key social actors has not cast much light on their preferences …

This study provides a novel framework for analysing PES-related degrees of ES-
commodification. The framework differentiates PES programs by the extent to which ES are …

Relational values associated with meaningful and just human–environment relationships
(eg care and responsibility) have been proposed as motivating 'upstream'participation in …

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) gained an increasing importance in science and
politics within the last decades. Although the enthusiasm about PES is particularly high in …

In Vietnam, the PFES program of payment for forest environmental services involves more
than 100,000 forest right holders. Little is known about the impact of the program on the …