Values, Payments and Institutions for Ecosystem Management

Edited by Pushpam Kumar, Chief, Ecosystem Services Economics Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Ibrahim Thiaw, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya

• Contents:ForewordAchim SteinerPreface1. Values, Payments and Institutions for Ecosystem Management: A Developing Country PerspectivePushpam Kumar and Ibrahim Thiaw 2. Making Payments for Ecosystem Services WorkRodrigo Arriagada and Charles Perrings 3. Valuing Ecosystem Services: Benefits, Values, Space and TimeBrendan Fisher, Ian Bateman and R. Kerry Turner 4. Managing Trade-offs in Ecosystem ServicesThomas Elmqvist, Magnus Tuvendal, Jagdish Krishnaswamy and Kristoffer Hylander 5. Revisiting the Relationship between Equity and Efficiency in Payments for Ecosystem ServicesUnai Pascual, Roldan Muradian, Luis C. Rodriguez and Anantha K. Duraiappah 6. Are the Amounts of Payments for Environmental Services Enough to Contribute to Poverty Alleviation Efforts in Developing Countries? Luis C. Rodriguez, Unai Pascual and Roldan Muradian 7. Unifying Environmental and Social Protection: Learning from PES and CCT in Developing CountriesLuis C. Rodriguez, Unai Pascual, Roldan Muradian, Nathalie Pazmino and Stuart Whitten 8. Exploring the Potential of Payments for Ecosystem Services for in-situ Agrobiodiversity ConservationUlf Narloch, Adam G. Drucker and Unai Pascual9. Paying for International Environmental Public GoodsRodrigo Arriagada and Charles Perrings 10. Institution and Ecosystem Functions: The Case of Keti Bunder, PakistanJohn M. Gowdy and Aneel Salman11. How Ecosystem-based Restoration Can Yield a Double Dividend of Adaptation to Climate Change and Enhancement of Ecosystem ServicesJames Blignaut 12. The Ethical Foundations of Cultural Diversity in Ecosystems and their Role in Economic ValuationIan Parker 13. Lessons Learned and ConclusionsPushpam KumarIndex

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