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Journal Article
JA0475-13
Article TitlePayments for Watershed Protection Services: Emerging Lessons from the Philippines
AuthorDaniel Gaitán Cremaschi, Rodel D. Lasco and Rafaela Jane Delfino
Year2013
Journal TitleJournal of Sustainable Development
InstitutionCanadian Center of Science and Education
Volume6
Issue1
Pages90-103
Call NumberJA0475-13
Keywordspayments for ecosystem services (PES), watershed protection services, Philippines, additionality
Abstract:
There is growing interest on payments for ecosystem services (PES) in developing countries including the Philippines. Watersheds have been degraded through deforestation and subsequent conversion to other land cover, principally for agriculture. In the last decade, several Payments for Watershed Services schemes have been implemented and this paper is an attempt to assess the form of incentives or rewards that have been provided to upland communities in a number of sites under different management leadership in the Philippines. We reviewed four cases specifically related to watershed services in the: 1) Bakun Watershed, 2) Maasin Watershed, 3) Sibuyan Watershed, and 4) Baticulan Watershed. The case studies of varying stages of implementation has shown that the chances of success of PES schemes in promoting watershed conservation and rehabilitation as well as in improving the livelihoods of upland communities is constrained by incomplete information and knowledge about the interaction between ecosystem properties and provision of services, and the difficulty in establishing voluntary participation and conditionality of payments. In this paper, we argued that institutions may enable or hinder the successful implementation of PES. The role of the local government as intermediaries is crucial in the process of establishing PES more particularly in the information dissemination and education of the key stakeholders. The case studies also showed how PES programs are reinforced by the presence of non-government organizations.
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