
The Value of Forests
Payment for Ecosystem Services for a Green Economy
United Nations (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
277 pages
978-92-1-117071-9 (ISBN)
Description
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) describes the situation where the user of an environmental service, such as water purification, pays the landowners who provide that service. For PES to exist, there must be a clearly defined user and supplier, as well as a number of other necessary conditions, which are defined in this document using a summary of current sources. Particular attention is paid to how these conditions currently obtain within the UNECE region. The range of forest environment services is explored through fourteen detailed case studies, which examine best practice in promoting PES. Political and public relations implications of PES are discussed at length, and recommendations include the need for clarity about where PES may be a useful tool in moving towards a green economy and where other methods may be more appropriate.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 8 mm
Width: 11 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-92-1-117071-9 (9789211170719)
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