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Payment for Ecosystem Services Database
In recent years, the Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of the Organization of American States (OAS)
has been indentifying trends in alternative, innovative, and market-based approaches such as Payments for Ecosystems
Services (PES) to address natural resource management, environmental protection and biodiversity conservation among
member countries.
Up to, the DSD is supporting countries of the Americas to adopt PES schemes. However, the lack of knowledge concerning
the links between ecosystem management, service provision and economic activity remains as a challenge to adopt PES
specially in developing countries. It is in this context that the DSD has compiled a Database of PES projects in Latin
America and the Caribbean. The data base gives information about where the PES scheme takes place, the amount transacted,
partners involved, area protected and duration among other details. Inquiries can be done by country, type of payment,
market category (eg. Agroforestry systems, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, ecotourism and watershed
protection) or a combination of them (The database can be accessed by
clicking here.)
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