Payments for Ecosystem Services Using Product Bundles to
Prevent Deforestation in Tropical Montane Cloud Forests
TROPENTAG 2015
September 16 - 18, Berlin (Germany)
Pablo Martín-Ortega, AGTRAIN PhD fellow 1,2,3 ([email protected])
Prof. Dr. Luis Gonzaga García-Montero1. University professor
Dr. Nicole Sibelet2,3. Researcher, Sociologist, Anthropologist
1Department of forest engineering, forest and environment management, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain
2CIRAD, UMR Innovation, 34 398 Montpellier Cedex
Endangered ecosystems
(1.4% of tropical forest area, but 50 % of neotropical
species)
Outstanding ecosystem services
Water, C sink and biodiversity
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Major cause of TMCFs depletion
Slash and burn
Coffee and other crops Subsistence agriculture
Source: Practical action
Average farm sizes:
102 ha in 2000 (Sánchez-Azofeifa et al. 2007)
165 ha in 2005 (Arriagada et al. 2012)
What is the role of small farmers?
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Tenure insecurity in frontier areas
High opportunity costs for conservation
Small farms
Source: Community cloud forest conservation
Including farmers with less resources
Poorer and smaller landowners located in TMCFs remote
areas
How PES respond the needs in these areas
Source: www.abomore.org
Carbon, water and biodiversity But also socioeconomic factors Local farmers perception
Source: (Wünscher et al. 2006)
Improvement in decision-making with ES bundles
Open and easy to use and
understand technology for natural resources*
Exportable to similar AFS situations Poverty alleviation
New insight in TMCFs as ES providers
Source: www.blog.worldagroforestry.org
Identify and measure ES in selected areas
Developing a PES which includes less favored or excluded farmers
Analyze the socio-economic impact
Understand stakeholder’s perceptions and interests
How can be ES effectively measured and monitored? What factors drive land use change in TMCFs?
How stakeholders perceive PES?
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Geospatial analysis, using collect earth and free on-line available LANDSAT imagery using Google Earth Engine API
Field sampling for validation of geospatial methods (Soil C, Water, Biodiversity)
Analysis of socio-economic variables through surveys using social sciences approach (semi-structured interviews). (Sibelet et al,
2013)
1. Cloud map = TMCFs cover
2. Land use change in TMCFs cover
3. Bundling of ES using “Collect Earth technology”
4. Scoring
Geographic, social and historical data Interviews provide a realistic approach Rural livelihoods <-> PES ?
Open, closed or semi-structured and iterative.
Source: www.bonappetit.com
Intuitive geospatial methodology
Easily adaptable in developing countries Participative tool
PES scheme exportable to other ecosystems Instructions and methods
ES bundle trading tool New PES policy options
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Exportable PES scheme
Instructions and methods ES bundle trading tool New PES policy options How can be ES effectively measured and monitored? What factors drive land use change in TMCFs?
How stakeholders perceive PES?
Research questions
Expected outputs
