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Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment

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  • Núñez-Regueiro, Mauricio M.
  • Fletcher, Robert J.
  • Pienaar, Elizabeth F.
  • Branch, Lyn C.
  • Volante, José N.
  • Rifai, Sami

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Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs are increasingly emphasized to address challenges of conserving forests. However, concerns remain regarding the ability of PES programs to ensure long-term conservation of threatened lands. Evaluation of large-scale PES programs, including the spatial and temporal patterns of enrollment, is scarce, especially for programs that aim to protect forest from severe threats such as expansion of industrial agriculture. Using information on PES enrollment across 252,319 km2 in the Argentine Chaco, we examined both the duration for which lands are enrolled in PES and their suitability for agriculture. Specifically, we examined whether the PES program has resulted in adverse selection not only in space but also in time. We built spatially explicit generalized linear models using information on participants’ length of contract and the potential of their land for agricultural use. We found the PES program enrolled land in areas with high agricultural potential, but enrollment of these lands occurred for shorter time periods than lands with lower levels of threat from deforestation. Consequently, adverse selection occurred over time but not in space. Our work demonstrates the importance of evaluating both temporal and spatial dimensions of adverse selection in PES for informing policy.

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  • Núñez-Regueiro, Mauricio M. & Fletcher, Robert J. & Pienaar, Elizabeth F. & Branch, Lyn C. & Volante, José N. & Rifai, Sami, 2019. "Adding the temporal dimension to spatial patterns of payment for ecosystem services enrollment," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 1-1.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoser:v:36:y:2019:i:c:10
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100906
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    1. Long, Kaisheng & Omrani, Hichem & Pijanowski, Bryan C., 2020. "Impact of local payments for ecosystem services on land use in a developed area of China: A qualitative analysis based on an integrated conceptual framework," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    2. Núñez-Regueiro, Mauricio M. & Hiller, Josh & Branch, Lyn C. & Núñez Godoy, Cristina & Siddiqui, Sharmin & Volante, José & Soto, José R., 2020. "Policy lessons from spatiotemporal enrollment patterns of payment for ecosystem service programs in Argentina," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    3. Nunez Godoy, Cristina C. & Pienaar, Elizabeth F. & Branch, Lyn C., 2022. "Willingness of private landowners to participate in forest conservation in the Chaco region of Argentina," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    4. Carla Inguaggiato & Michele Graziano Ceddia & Maurice Tschopp & Dimitris Christopoulos, 2021. "Codifying and Commodifying Nature: Narratives on Forest Property Rights and the Implementation of Tenure Regularization Policies in Northwestern Argentina," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-16, September.

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