Trends in the Implementation of Payments for Environmental Services in the Americas

12th International Congress on Environmental Law

Sao Paolo, Brazil

4th of June 2008

The Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of the OAS has been working to strengthen efforts at the national level to protect ecosystems and the services they provide.  The DSD also facilitates access to PES through the exchange of experiences, best practices, and information at the regional level.

Through the use of a database, the DSD has been analyzing trends in transactions that have occurred in the region.  Additionally, the DSD has been analyzing the challenges and contributions of legal and institutional frameworks to the implementation of PES schemes.

 The DSD organized a workshop "Trends in the Implementation of Payments for Environmental Services in the Americas" in the framework of the 12th International Congress on Environmental Law, to promote dialogue among key stakeholders about best practices in the implementation of PES and the contribution that legal and institutional frameworks may provide to strengthen this mechanism’s effectiveness in areas such as land property, forests, biodiversity, water and fiscal law, among others. The findings from this dialogue will help the DSD validate its analytical work which will be of importance to the member states as they develop their PES national policies

 

Session I: Trends and Cases in the Americas

 

 

 

Session II: Best Practices and Lessons

  • Role of PES in Conservation and Poverty Reduction

    Fernando Veiga, TNC Brasil l Presentation

 

 

 

Session III: Legal and Institutional Aspects

  • Role of Institutions and Law. Diego Gutiérrez Groneman, Project Director,  Bolivian Society of Environmental Law l Presentation

 

 

 

 

 

Documents

 

Preliminary agenda

12th International Congress on Environmental Law of IUCN  

Draft Conceptual  and methodological guidelines for  design of PES schemes in Latinamerican and the Caribbean (spanish only)

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