Payment Schemes For Forest Ecosystem Services In China

Author : J.F. Liang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789086867547

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Payment schemes for forest ecosystem services in China by J.F. Liang Pdf

Faced with intensified ecological crisis, the Chinese government has sought policy interventions to reverse its forest degradation. Among the policy instruments is the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) that aims to transform the pattern of traditional forest management and protection and to encourage forest sustainable use by financial incentive. This book provides a policy evaluation on the payment schemes for forest ecosystem services in China. It examines PES schemes with respect to ecological effectiveness, economic and livelihood impacts, participation of local people, and the interlinkages with forest tenure reform. The evaluation is based on different cases across China's main forested regions. The implementation of payment schemes in China shows improvements in forest management and protection and an incentive-based governance method is employed instead of 'command and control'. New forest use practices are also created to couple local livelihood requirements with ecological conservation. In addition, local farmers are more and more involved in the implementation of payment schemes. Providing a comprehensive assessment of payment policies for ecosystem services in China, this book will be of great interest to policy-makers and government advisers in China, international donor agencies, and academics and students with an interest in PES and forest governance.

Author : Dan Liang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9461732139

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Payment Schemes for Forest Ecosystem Services in China by Dan Liang Pdf

Author : Genia Kostka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351559874

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Local Environmental Politics in China by Genia Kostka Pdf

Knowledge and insight in national environmental governance in China is widespread. However, increasingly it has been acknowledged that the major problems in guiding the Chinese economy and society towards sustainability are to be found at the local level. This book illuminates the fast-changing dynamics of local environmental politics in China, a topic only marginally addressed in the literature. In the course of building up an institutional framework for environmental governance over the last decade, local actors have generated a variety of policy innovations and experiments. In large measure these are creative responses to two main challenges associated with translating national environmental policies into local realities. The first such challenge is a policy implementation gap stemming from the absence of the state capacity necessary to the implementation of environmental measures. The second challenge refers to the need for local non-state actors to engage in environmental management; oftentimes such a participation gap contributes to implementation failures. In recent years, we have seen a multitude of initiatives within China at the provincial level and below designed to bridge both gaps. Hence, the central aim of this book is to assess these experiments and innovations in local environmental politics.This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112116052108

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Forests and Water by United Nations Pdf

The objectives of this study are to further improve our understanding about the ways in which payments for ecosystem services schemes can be applied to forests, in particular focusing on forest's hydrological functions for the mutual benefit of both humans and the environment. In addition, the study covers advances and challenges facing these schemes and provides practical guidance for policymakers and practitioners. This study contains the most comprehensive currently available database of case studies on forest-water related payment for ecosystem services schemes in the UNECE region.

Author : Sara J. Scherr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951P01067961G

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Developing Future Ecosystem Service Payments in China by Sara J. Scherr Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951D03745646T

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The Value of Forests by Anonim Pdf

"United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, UNEP, FAO."

Author : Qingfeng Zhang,Tun Lin
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290921363

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An Eco-Compensation Policy Framework for the People's Republic of China by Qingfeng Zhang,Tun Lin Pdf

Economic growth has multiplied the environmental challenges faced by the People's Republic of China but has also created opportunities, by increasing available funding for environmental management and conservation. At the nexus of these countervailing trends, policy makers have been experimenting with new approaches to environmental management under the broad heading of "eco-compensation". Many of these are market-based, particularly payments for ecosystem services; an emerging policy debate is regarding the extent to which beneficiaries should pay, and the providers should be compensated, for the provision of natural resources and environmental services to promote sustainable, balanced growth. This paper synthesizes the findings of the International Conference on Payments for Ecological Services convened in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in September 2009 to support eco-compensation programs in the country.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789292576561

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Toward a National Eco-compensation Regulation in the People's Republic of China by Asian Development Bank Pdf

The Asian Development Bank and the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (PRC) undertook a study on eco-compensation regulations development in the country, on which this publication is based. The study examined the PRC's theory, practice, and legislation governing eco-compensation in selected ecological areas to map out the scope and content of a national eco-compensation regulation. Pursuit of its higher agenda of ecological civilization and development of its national eco-compensation regulation will require the PRC to capture the diversity that subnational projects have tapped, integrate its experience with eco-compensation at all levels of government into a coherent national regulatory framework, and harmonize this framework with existing laws and other legal instruments.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789290922094

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Payments for Ecological Services and Eco-Compensation by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Policy makers in the People's Republic of China have been experimenting with new approaches to environmental management, resulting in a wide array of policy and program innovations under the broad heading of eco-compensation. Many of these are market-based instruments, particularly payments for ecological services---currently an emerging policy debate regarding the extent to which beneficiaries should pay, and the providers should be compensated---for the provision of natural resources and environmental services to promote sustainable, balanced growth. These proceedings are a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Payments for Ecological Services convened in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in September 2009 to support eco-compensation programs in the country.

Author : Xiaodong Chen (University and college faculty member)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : MSU:31293030636710

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Exploring the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services in China's Wolong Nature Reserve by Xiaodong Chen (University and college faculty member) Pdf

Author : Yiyu Chen,Beate Jessel,Bojie Fu,Xiubo Yu,Jamie Pittock
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642387333

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Ecosystem Services and Management Strategy in China by Yiyu Chen,Beate Jessel,Bojie Fu,Xiubo Yu,Jamie Pittock Pdf

"Ecosystem Services and Management Strategy in China" is a two-year international cooperation project that culminated from the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development’s Task Force on Ecosystem Services and Management. It combines case studies, scenario analysis, and stakeholder consultations that focus on Chinese forest, grassland and wetland ecosystems and assesses the economic and social benefits of sustainable ecosystems management. It also identifies better practices in ecosystem management from Chinese and international experience and recommends a more intensive integration of ecosystem services into decision-making processes. In November 2010, the Task Force presented five strategic policy proposals for the implementation of sustainable management for Chinese ecosystems. These proposals were extremely well-received by senior decision makers and have since been adopted by national government agencies. The book represents a valuable reference work for researchers and professionals working in related areas. Professor Yiyu Chen worked as president at the National Natural Science Foundation of China from 2004 to early 2013 and is Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Beate Jessel works as president at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany. Professor Bojie Fu works at the Research Center of Eco-Environment Sciences, CAS and is Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Xiubo Yu works at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr.Jamie Pittock is a Senior Lecturer at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australia.

Author : Michael T. Bennett,Forest Trends (Organization)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 1932928391

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Markets for Ecoystem Services in China by Michael T. Bennett,Forest Trends (Organization) Pdf

This report documents recent policy innovations for the conservation and management of ecosystem services in China. Policymakers have become increasingly interested in developing new approaches to address China's multiplying conservation challenges and resource constraints in face of break-neck economic growth. This has led China's central and local governments to rapidly expand the range of policy and program innovations, many under the broad heading of "eco-compensation," that are laying the groundwork for the development of ecosystem services markets. In particular, local governments have been important contributors to this process, rapidly adapting centrally designed "eco-compensation" programs to their own needs, creating "hybrids"--programs that weave together and draw upon multiple central and provincial policies and funding sources--and creating their own distinct initiatives that often feed back into central government policy development. While not an exhaustive account of all payments (PES) and markets (MES) for ecosystem services in China, it provides an overview of a range of policy innovations for watershed ecosystem services, carbon markets, forest conservation, improving landscape amenities, biodiversity conservation and anti-desertification. The results of this report suggest that there are tremendous opportunities to draw lessons from the significant degree of local innovation that is occurring and to connect innovations from around the globe to inform developments in China.

Author : Lasse Loft,Pham Thu Thuy,Cecilia Luttrell
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lessons from Payments for Ecosystem Services for REDD+ Benefit-Sharing Mechanisms by Lasse Loft,Pham Thu Thuy,Cecilia Luttrell Pdf

Where benefits and costs accrue at different scales, financial intermediaries are needed to facilitate relations between global-scale buyers and local-scale providers of carbon sequestration and storage. These intermediaries can help to collect and distribute payments and to promote the scheme to potential beneficiaries. The benefits distributed should compensate for the transaction, opportunity and implementation costs incurred by stakeholders for providing ecosystem services. Therefore, calculating the costs and understanding who incurs them are essential for benefit sharing. Targeting benefits according to a set of criteria that match the objectives of the specific mechanism increases the mechanism’s efficiency. As the level of performance-based payments may not be able to compete with the opportunity costs of highly profitable land uses, performance-related benefit-sharing mechanisms should be focused on areas with moderate opportunity costs. Benefits should be divided into upfront payments to cover startup costs and to give an initial incentive for participation, and payments upon delivery of ecosystem services to ensure adherence to conditionality.

Author : Thomas Greiber
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782831711768

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Payments for Ecosystem Services by Thomas Greiber Pdf

Author : Emi Uchida
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:X74637

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Forest Ecosystem Services and Rural Development by Emi Uchida Pdf