tailieunhanh - PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES: ECONOMIC POLICIES AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Agricultural development is widely recognized as crucial for poverty reduction. At the same time, agricultural expansion and ever more intensive practices are widely recognized for their contribution to ecosystem degradation. Less well recognized is that, in many cases, agriculture offers the potential to generate both poverty reduction and better environmental outcomes. The studies presented in this volume look at one policy tool that may address this gap: payments for environmental services (PES). PES programs offer the potential to reduce poverty by focusing on low-income producers who inhabit, manage, consume, and produce important agro- ecosystem services | Natural Resource Management and Policy Ariel Dinar David Zilberman Series Editors Leslie Lipper Takumi Sakuyama Randy Stringer David Zilberman Editors Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries Springer PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES ECONOMIC POLICIES AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Editor David Zilberman Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 EDITORIAL STATEMENT There is a growing awareness to the role that natural resources such as water land forests and environmental amenities play in our lives. There are many competing uses for natural resources and society is challenged to manage them for improving social well-being. Furthermore there may be dire consequences to natural resources mismanagement. Renewable resources such as water land and the environment are linked and decisions made with regard to one may affect the others. Policy and management of natural resources now require interdisciplinary approach including natural and social sciences to correctly address our society preferences. This series provides a collection of works containing most recent findings on economics management and policy of renewable biological resources such as water land crop protection sustainable agriculture technology and environmental health. It incorporates modern thinking and techniques of economics and management. Books in this series will incorporate knowledge and models of natural phenomena with economics and managerial decision frameworks to assess alternative options for managing natural resources and environment. The Series Editor Recently Published Books in the Series Haddadin Munther J. Diplomacy on the Jordan International Conflict and Negotiated Resolution Renzetti Steven The Economics of Water Demands Just Richard E. and Pope Rulon D. A .