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Trends in the implementation of Payments for Environmental Services in the America: 12th International Congress on Environmental Law, San 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:

• PES in the Americas, Richard Huber, (DDS-OEA) (Bio)  l Presentation.

• The Brazilian Experience,  Ligia Pereira, CIFOR-Brazil (Bio).

• The Costa Rican Experience. Ricardo Ulate, Paz con la Naturaleza, Iniciativa Presidencial, Costa Rica. (Bio)  l  Presentation

• The Mexican Experience.  Carlos Muñoz, Director General Environmental. Economics and Policy Research Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ecología - México. (Bio) l  Presentation    

Session II: Best Practices and Lessons:

• Role of PES in Conservation and Poverty Reduction

  Fernando Veiga, TNC Brasil l Presentation

• PES Supply and Demand: Key Stakeholders and Their Roles. Examples of negotiations and agreements

  Luis Fernando Macías, Director, Colombian Institute of Environmental Law (Bio) | Presentation

• Role of the Private Sector:  How and Why Their Participation should be increased? Juan Carlos Espinosa, Sector Policy Officer, WWF Colombia (Bio) l Presentation

• Environmental Services Valuation and Innovative Schemes. Juan Pablo Alvez, Gund Institute, The University of Vermont. (Bio) l Presentation

Session III: Legal and Institutional Aspects:

• Environmental Services Valuation and Innovative Schemes. Juan Pablo Alvez, Gund Institute, The University of Vermont. (Bio) l Presentation

• Legal Approaches in Support of PES in the Americas, Adriana Casas, DSD/OAS (Bio)  l Presentation

• Challenges and Emerging Opportunities Related to Regulatory Aspects. Milagros Sandoval, Peruvian Society of Environmental Law (SPDA)

• Land Tenure and Property Rights. How to Address the Challenges Imposed to PES Antonio Andaluz,  Legal Advisor -Fundación Natura Bolivia. (Bio) l Presentation

• Considerations for PES National Policies. Luiz de Moura, Plant, Grupo Tropical Katoomba (Bio) l  Presentation

Further information of this project please contact Rodrigo Martinez at 202 4583193 or by email at [email protected].