Impact of Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services on Land Use

Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services (Pago de Servicios Ambientales, PSA) provides a unique opportunity to evaluate direct payments as a conservation policy tool. This paper reports evidence on how much more forest has b...

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Main Authors:	Sills, Erin, Arriagada, Rodrigo, Ferraro, Paul, Pattanayak, Subhrendu, Carrasco, Luis, Ortiz, Edgar, Cordero, Silvia, Caldwell, Katie, Andam, Kwaw
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AGGREGATE LEVEL AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AREA OF FOREST AREAS OF FOREST ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BASELINE FOREST BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUFFER ZONES BURNING CATTLE CENSUS DATA CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLOUD COVER CO COLLECTIVE ACTION COLORS COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONSERVATION AREAS CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT CONSERVATION BIOLOGY CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS CONSERVATION POLICIES CONSERVATION POLICY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY CORDILLERA CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATE DEFORESTATION RATES DETERMINANT DETERMINANTS ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEMS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENCROACHMENT ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENTALISM EXPENDITURES FARMS FENCED FIELD SURVEY FISHERIES FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST COVER FOREST DISTURBANCE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FRAGMENTATION FOREST LOSS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS FOREST PLANTATION FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST QUALITY FOREST STEWARDSHIP FOREST STRATEGY FOREST USE FORESTRY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GOLD HABITAT PROTECTION HUNTERS IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES LABOR FORCE LAND COVER LAND ECONOMICS LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE DECISIONS LANDOWNER LANDSCAPE LIVESTOCK MARGINAL BENEFITS MARKET INSTRUMENTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACTS OPTION VALUE PASTURE PLANTATION FORESTRY POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY PRIMARY FOREST PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS QUOTAS REFORESTATION ROAD NETWORK ROADS SILVER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TIMBER TOURISM TROPICAL FORESTS WATERSHED WOOD WOOD PRODUCTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/19304445/impact-costa-ricas-program-payments-environmental-services-land-use http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17893