Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in Malawi
A major challenge in addressing the loss of benefits and services provided by the natural environment is that it can be difficult to find ways for those who benefit from them to pay for their preservation. We examine one such context in Malawi, where erosion from soils disturbed by agriculture affec...
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| author | Andrew Reid Bell Tim G. Benton Klaus Droppelmann Lawrence Mapemba Oliver Pierson Patrick S. Ward |
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| description | A major challenge in addressing the loss of benefits and services provided by the natural environment is that it can be difficult to find ways for those who benefit from them to pay for their preservation. We examine one such context in Malawi, where erosion from soils disturbed by agriculture affects not only farmers’ incomes, but also damages aquatic habitat and inhibits the storage and hydropower potential of dams downstream. We demonstrate that payments from hydropower producers to farmers to maintain land cover and prevent erosion can have benefits for all parties involved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e726cecf16c54ba9a83bbb8ee2f36c132025-08-19T21:26:52ZengCambridge University PressGlobal Sustainability2059-47982018-01-01110.1017/sus.2018.4Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in MalawiAndrew Reid Bell0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-312XTim G. Benton1Klaus Droppelmann2Lawrence Mapemba3Oliver Pierson4Patrick S. Ward5New York University, Department of Environmental Studies, New York, NY 10003, USAUniversity of Leeds, School of Biology, Leeds, UKPicoteam Ltd, Johannesburg, South AfricaLilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda College, Lilongwe, Central Region, MalawiMillennium Challenge Corporation, Tunisia & Washington, DC, USAInternational Food Policy Research Institute, Environment and Production Technology Division, Washington, DC, USAA major challenge in addressing the loss of benefits and services provided by the natural environment is that it can be difficult to find ways for those who benefit from them to pay for their preservation. We examine one such context in Malawi, where erosion from soils disturbed by agriculture affects not only farmers’ incomes, but also damages aquatic habitat and inhibits the storage and hydropower potential of dams downstream. We demonstrate that payments from hydropower producers to farmers to maintain land cover and prevent erosion can have benefits for all parties involved.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059479818000042/type/journal_articleconservation agricultureMalawiPESpeer effectssystems thinking |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Reid Bell Tim G. Benton Klaus Droppelmann Lawrence Mapemba Oliver Pierson Patrick S. Ward Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in Malawi conservation agriculture Malawi PES peer effects systems thinking |
| title | Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in Malawi |
| title_full | Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in Malawi |
| title_short | Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in Malawi |
| title_sort | transformative change through payments for ecosystem services pes a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in malawi |
| topic | conservation agriculture Malawi PES peer effects systems thinking |
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