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Abstract
Latin American experience with payments for watershed environmental services is examined in this article. Interest in the approach is substantial in the region, probably more so than in other parts of the developing world. However, existing conservation payments frequently lack key features, such as conditionality. Impediments to the approach are analyzed, including factors that drive up costs or interfere with internalization of benefits. Included in this article is detailed examination of three schemes: two local initiatives in Ecuador (one in Pimampiro and the other in Quito), as well as a nationwide program in Mexico.
This publication was made possible by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the generous support of the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP) under the terms of Cooperative Agreement No. EPP-A-00-04-00013-00 to the Office of International Research and Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Professor Southgate's contributions to this article were supported in part by Hatch project #0208558 from the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Notes
Corporation for Natural Resource Management (CEDERENA). (2002). Pago por servicios ambientales: La experiencia de la Asociación Nueva América. Ibarra, Ecuador: CEDERENA and Interamerican Foundation.
