Scheufele / Bennett Buying and Selling the Environment

How to Design and Implement a PES Scheme
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-12-817287-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 218 Seiten

Buying and Selling the Environment: How to Design and Implement a PES Scheme provides a guide to the design and implementation of PES schemes that 'mimic' market processes, including three key elements: the estimation of the demand for environmental services, an understanding of the costs of supply, and how to predict the productivity of actions taken. This book will act as an instructional manual for practitioners, policymakers and their advisors in government and non-government organizations. Users will find a step-by-step demonstration based on firsthand experiences gained through a PES application at two case study sites. Finally, the book presents research in applied economics and bio-physical modeling. - Presents original and novel research in PES scheme design and implementation - Provides an instructional manual for practitioners, policymakers and their advisors - Includes case study that is based on the practical application of rigorous concepts

Dr Gabriela Scheufele is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. Her current research is focused on designing and implementing a payments for environmental services (PES) scheme in Lao PDR. Her research interests include non-market valuation, conservation auctions, market-based instruments in environmental and natural resource management, and incorporating environmental and natural resource economics research into policy development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scheufele, Gabriela

Bennett, Jeff