Values, Payments and Institutions for Ecosystem Management: A Developing Country Perspective - Couverture rigide

 
9781781953686: Values, Payments and Institutions for Ecosystem Management: A Developing Country Perspective
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ISBN 10 : 1781953686 ISBN 13 : 9781781953686
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Using a selection of authoritative and original contributions, this timely book explores the uncertainty surrounding the impact of decisions undertaken to manage ecosystem services worldwide.

Invariably, the policies designed and implemented to manage forests, wetlands, and marine and coastal environments often involve conflicts of interest between various stakeholders. This has added an additional layer of complexity in the context of developing countries where institutions and governance are weak or absent. Economic valuation and the subsequent design of innovative response tools such as payment for ecosystem services (PES) have the potential to offer far greater transparency. In the case of LDCs, the identification of suitable institutions for executing these tools is also of vital importance.

With a strong policy focus, the contributors synthesize the scientific approaches to PES, valuation, trade-offs, equity and the institutional requirements to operationalize a credible concept of economic value. The book also addresses the behavioral foundations of creating the incentive design and response policies for ecosystem management.

This book will prove helpful to ecosystems management researchers and postgraduate students of conservation and development. Conservation managers, decision makers and development practitioners will also find this resource both interesting and beneficial to their work.

Contributors: R. Arriagada, I. Bateman, J. Blignaut, A.G. Drucker, A.K. Duraiappah, T. Elmqvist, B. Fisher, J.M. Gowdy, K. Hylander, J. Krishnaswamy, P. Kumar, R. Muradian, U. Narloch, I. Parker, U. Pascual, N. Pazmino, C. Perrings, L.C. Rodriguez, A. Salman, I. Thiaw, R.K. Turner, M. Tuvendal, S. Whitten

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À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Pushpam Kumar, Chief, Ecosystem Services Economics Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Ibrahim Thiaw, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1781953686
ISBN 13 
9781781953686
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Éditeur
Kumar Pushpam, Thiaw Ibrahim
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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