Abstract Payments for Environmental Services (PES) implemented in forest-dependent
subsistence-based economies can involve significant restrictions on the traditional use of …

Monetary valuation quantifies exchange values, but broader approaches are needed to
understand the meaning of those monetary values and the shared, plural and cultural values …

Using financial incentives to induce pro-environmental behavior may reduce pro-
environmental motivation, but it remains unclear how and when such “motivation crowding …

Observed trade-offs between environmental conservation and poverty alleviation objectives
continue to divide scholars on the ability of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs …

Environmental compensation should address negative impacts from human activities on
nature, including loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, successful …

This study contributes to the relatively scarce literature evaluating household-level outcomes
of collective agreements. We examine participation in and anticipation effects of two …

Financial incentives are increasingly popular in development and conservation. A common
application involves paying for conservation activities, such as for farmers to set aside land …

This paper critically reviews the literature on environmental valuation of ecosystem services
across the range of global biomes. The main objective of this review is to assess the policy …

This research analyzed whether the three distinct value orientations posited under the Value-
Belief-Norm (VBN) model determine willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a payment for ecosystem …

Global efforts for biodiversity protection and land use-based greenhouse gas mitigation call
for increases in the effectiveness and efficiency of environmental conservation. Incentive …