Brazil's Experience with Payments for Environmental Services

Since 2006, there has been an explosion of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) projects in Brazil, as well as efforts to pass PES laws at federal, state, and municipal levels. Even in this short period, an extraordinarily rich range of experi...

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Main Authors: Pagiola, Stefano, Carrascosa von Glehn, Helena, Taffarello, Denise
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/19304132/brazils-experience-payments-environmental-services
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spelling okr-10986-178542021-04-23T14:03:40Z Brazil's Experience with Payments for Environmental Services Pagiola, Stefano Carrascosa von Glehn, Helena Taffarello, Denise AFFORESTATION APPROPRIATIONS ATLANTIC FOREST BASIN BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SERVICES CHANGES IN LAND USE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COLORS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONDITIONALITY DEFORESTATION DEGRADED FOREST ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION ECOSYSTEMS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FARMS FOREST FOREST CARBON FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST FRONTIER FOREST LAW FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST RESERVE FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GOLD LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND USE DECISIONS LAND USERS LAND USES LAND-USE LANDSCAPE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MUNICIPAL WATER OPPORTUNITY COSTS PP PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PROGRAMS REDUCING EMISSIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIPARIAN SEDIMENT SOCIAL COSTS SOILS SPRING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION TIMBER TRANSACTION COSTS WATER CHARGES WATER FEES WATER LEGISLATION WATER QUALITY Since 2006, there has been an explosion of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) projects in Brazil, as well as efforts to pass PES laws at federal, state, and municipal levels. Even in this short period, an extraordinarily rich range of experiences has developed, with examples of the application of PES at a variety of scales, ranging from microwatersheds to entire states; in a variety of contexts, from remote forest frontier areas to the periurban fringe of megacities like São Paulo; and using a variety of approaches, using direct payments by users, sales to regulated and voluntary carbon markets, government funding, and mixes of these approaches. In this paper, we provide an overview of Brazilian PES efforts to date, and attempt to extract some initial lessons. 2014-04-16T18:29:45Z 2014-04-16T18:29:45Z 2013-08-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/19304132/brazils-experience-payments-environmental-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17854 English en_US Payments for Environmental Services (PES) learning paper;no. 2013-1 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic AFFORESTATION
APPROPRIATIONS
ATLANTIC FOREST
BASIN
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CARBON
CARBON CREDITS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON FINANCE
CARBON MARKET
CARBON MARKETS
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
CARBON SERVICES
CHANGES IN LAND USE
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COLORS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONDITIONALITY
DEFORESTATION
DEGRADED FOREST
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMISTS
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
ECOSYSTEMS
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
EXTERNALITIES
FARMERS
FARMS
FOREST
FOREST CARBON
FOREST CLEARING
FOREST CONSERVATION
FOREST FRONTIER
FOREST LAW
FOREST PRODUCTS
FOREST PROTECTION
FOREST RESERVE
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
GOLD
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND USE
LAND USE DECISIONS
LAND USERS
LAND USES
LAND-USE
LANDSCAPE
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPAL WATER
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PP
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
PROGRAMS
REDUCING EMISSIONS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RIPARIAN
SEDIMENT
SOCIAL COSTS
SOILS
SPRING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
TIMBER
TRANSACTION COSTS
WATER CHARGES
WATER FEES
WATER LEGISLATION
WATER QUALITY
spellingShingle AFFORESTATION
APPROPRIATIONS
ATLANTIC FOREST
BASIN
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CARBON
CARBON CREDITS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON FINANCE
CARBON MARKET
CARBON MARKETS
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
CARBON SERVICES
CHANGES IN LAND USE
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COLORS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONDITIONALITY
DEFORESTATION
DEGRADED FOREST
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMISTS
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
ECOSYSTEMS
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
EXTERNALITIES
FARMERS
FARMS
FOREST
FOREST CARBON
FOREST CLEARING
FOREST CONSERVATION
FOREST FRONTIER
FOREST LAW
FOREST PRODUCTS
FOREST PROTECTION
FOREST RESERVE
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
GOLD
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND USE
LAND USE DECISIONS
LAND USERS
LAND USES
LAND-USE
LANDSCAPE
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPAL WATER
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PP
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
PROGRAMS
REDUCING EMISSIONS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RIPARIAN
SEDIMENT
SOCIAL COSTS
SOILS
SPRING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
TIMBER
TRANSACTION COSTS
WATER CHARGES
WATER FEES
WATER LEGISLATION
WATER QUALITY
Pagiola, Stefano
Carrascosa von Glehn, Helena
Taffarello, Denise
Brazil's Experience with Payments for Environmental Services
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
relation Payments for Environmental Services (PES) learning paper;no. 2013-1
description Since 2006, there has been an explosion of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) projects in Brazil, as well as efforts to pass PES laws at federal, state, and municipal levels. Even in this short period, an extraordinarily rich range of experiences has developed, with examples of the application of PES at a variety of scales, ranging from microwatersheds to entire states; in a variety of contexts, from remote forest frontier areas to the periurban fringe of megacities like São Paulo; and using a variety of approaches, using direct payments by users, sales to regulated and voluntary carbon markets, government funding, and mixes of these approaches. In this paper, we provide an overview of Brazilian PES efforts to date, and attempt to extract some initial lessons.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Pagiola, Stefano
Carrascosa von Glehn, Helena
Taffarello, Denise
author_facet Pagiola, Stefano
Carrascosa von Glehn, Helena
Taffarello, Denise
author_sort Pagiola, Stefano
title Brazil's Experience with Payments for Environmental Services
title_short Brazil's Experience with Payments for Environmental Services
title_full Brazil's Experience with Payments for Environmental Services
title_fullStr Brazil's Experience with Payments for Environmental Services
title_full_unstemmed Brazil's Experience with Payments for Environmental Services
title_sort brazil's experience with payments for environmental services
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/19304132/brazils-experience-payments-environmental-services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17854
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