The effectiveness of incentive-based conservation programs depends on how they influence
and interact with multiple motivations of the participants. Here, we studied an incentive …

This study examines the motivations that drive participation in a compensation program for
environmental conservation in Bolivia. Previous research on payments programs suggests …

There is growing use of economic incentives such as Payments for Ecosystem Services
(PES) to encourage sustainable land management. An important critique is that such …

Critics suggest that Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
(REDD+) may not generate improvements in well-being for participating stakeholders, and …

Payments for ecosystem services are becoming popular components in strategies to
conserve ecosystems and biodiversity, but their effectiveness remains poorly documented …

Incentive-based schemes for natural resource conservation are based on the premise that
offering payments to groups of land users will motivate them to organize collectively to …

Neoclassical economic interpretations of Payment for Environmental Services (PES), which
assume that participants weigh up costs and benefits, are making room for more complex …

Two of the main motives for people to be engaged in the Mexican Payment for
Environmental Services (PES) programme are forest conservation and the income received …

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

Payment for ecosystem services has become one of the most important conservation policy
options worldwide. In developing countries, however, payments are often targeted toward …