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Payments for environmental services and rural livelihood strategies in Ecuador and Guatemala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

DOUGLAS SOUTHGATE ,
TIMOTHY HAAB ,
JOHN LUNDINE  and
FABIÁN RODRÍGUEZ
DOUGLAS SOUTHGATE
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University, 2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. E-mail: southgate.1@osu.edu
TIMOTHY HAAB
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
JOHN LUNDINE
Affiliation:
Save the Children, Westport, CT, USA
FABIÁN RODRÍGUEZ
Affiliation:
Hexagón Consultores, Quito, Ecuador
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Abstract

Presented in this paper are the results of two contingent valuation analyses, one undertaken in Ecuador and the other in Guatemala, of potential payments for environmental services (PES) directed toward rural households. We find that minimum compensation demanded by these households is far from uniform, depending in particular on individual strategies for raising incomes and dealing with risks. Our findings strengthen the case for allowing conservation payments to vary among recipients, which would be a departure from the current norm for PES initiatives in Latin America.

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Research Article
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Environment and Development Economics , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 21 - 37
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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