Embedding local values in Payments for Ecosystem Services for transformative change

LL Bremer, S Nelson, S Jackson… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs to integrate nature's
diverse values into decision-making, and thereby support broader transformative change, is …

[HTML][HTML] The sustainability of agricultural development in China: The agriculture–environment nexus

J Yu, J Wu - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The article aims to provide an overview of China's agricultural development and its
sustainability by focusing on the agriculture–environmental nexus. We first review literature …

The effectiveness of payments for environmental services

J Börner, K Baylis, E Corbera, D Ezzine-de-Blas… - World …, 2017 - Elsevier
We adopt a theory-based approach to synthesize research on the effectiveness of payments
for environmental services in achieving environmental objectives and socio-economic co …

Spatiotemporal vegetation cover variations associated with climate change and ecological restoration in the Loess Plateau

W Sun, X Song, X Mu, P Gao, F Wang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2015 - Elsevier
Vegetation is an important component of terrestrial ecosystems, and it plays an important
role in preventing desertification and conserving soil and water in arid and semi-arid …

Parks versus PES: Evaluating direct and incentive-based land conservation in Mexico

KRE Sims, JM Alix-Garcia - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Protected areas (PAs) and payments for ecosystem services (PES) are the top two
mechanisms available for countries to achieve international REDD agreements, yet there …

Only one tree from each seed? Environmental effectiveness and poverty alleviation in Mexico's payments for ecosystem services program

JM Alix-Garcia, KRE Sims… - … Journal: Economic Policy, 2015 - aeaweb.org
Environmental conditional cash transfers are popular but their impacts are not well
understood. We evaluate land cover and wealth impacts of a federal program that pays …

China's sloping land conversion program: institutional innovation or business as usual?

MT Bennett - Ecological economics, 2008 - Elsevier
China's Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) is the largest land retirement/
reforestation program in the developing world, having the goal of converting 14.67 million …

Trends and future potential of payment for ecosystem services to alleviate rural poverty in developing countries

JC Milder, SJ Scherr, C Bracer - Ecology and Society, 2010 - JSTOR
Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is a market-based approach to environmental
management that compensates land stewards for ecosystem conservation and restoration …

Water management and crop production for food security in China: A review

S Khan, MA Hanjra, J Mu - Agricultural water management, 2009 - Elsevier
Food security is a high priority issue on the Chinese political agenda. China's food security
is challenged by several anthropogenic, sociopolitical and policy factors, including …

China's grain for green program

CO Delang, Z Yuan - A review of the largest ecological restoration and …, 2015 - Springer
China has always had a problem of inadequate supply, low quality, and uneven geographic
distribution of forest resources. However, the second half of the twentieth century saw the …