Communal Participation in Payment for Environmental Services (PES): Unpacking the Collective Decision to Enroll.
Payment for Environmental Service programs are increasingly applied in communal settings where resource users collectively join the program and agree to limit their shared use of a common-property resource. Who decides to join PES and the degree to which community members agree with the collective d...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 939 - 956 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Springer Nature
Jun2017
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=122761864&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 122761864 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0364152X O5H jtl: Environmental Management issn: 0364152X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2017 vid: 59 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 122761864 143949235 10.1007/s00267-017-0838-z 122761864 ppf: 939 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Communal Participation in Payment for Environmental Services (PES): Unpacking the Collective Decision to Enroll. aug: au: Murtinho, Felipe Hayes, Tanya affil: International Studies and Institute of Public Service , Seattle University , 901 12th Ave Seattle 98122 USA sug: ab: Payment for Environmental Service programs are increasingly applied in communal settings where resource users collectively join the program and agree to limit their shared use of a common-property resource. Who decides to join PES and the degree to which community members agree with the collective decision is critical for the success of said programs. Yet, we have limited understanding of the factors that influence communal participation and the collective decision process. This paper examines communal participation in a national payment for conservation program in Ecuador. We use quantitative and qualitative analysis to (i) identify the attributes of the communities that participate (or not), and factors that facilitate participation ( n = 67), and (ii) assess household preference and alignment with the collective decision to participate ( n = 212). Household participation preferences indicate varying degrees of consensus with the collective decision to participate, with those using the resource less likely to support participation. At the communal level, however, our results indicate that over time, those communities that depend more heavily on their resource systems may ultimately choose to participate. Our findings suggest that communal governance structures and outside organizations may be instrumental in gaining participation in resource-dependent communities and building consensus. Findings also point to the need for further research on communal decision-processes to ensure that the collective decision is based on an informed and democratic process. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|