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The Chinese characteristics of payments for ecosystem services: a conceptual analysis of water eco-compensation mechanisms

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  • Raymond Yu Wang
  • Cho Nam Ng
  • Xiaoxing Qi

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The applications of payments for ecosystem/environmental services (PES) are diverse. However, the changing characteristics of these applications in different contexts have not been adequately elucidated. This article provides a conceptual analysis of China’s water eco-compensation mechanism (ECM), a notion reported in the PES literature, through the lens of public–private, state–market, central–local and interjurisdictional relationships. It argues that the water ECM is essentially a state-centric utilitarian approach to mediating regional conflicts and inequalities. The Chinese practices of water ECM indicate an alternative approach to incentive-based conservation, highlighting the potential of integrating government-led instruments with market-oriented mechanisms in the development of a PES framework.

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  • Raymond Yu Wang & Cho Nam Ng & Xiaoxing Qi, 2020. "The Chinese characteristics of payments for ecosystem services: a conceptual analysis of water eco-compensation mechanisms," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(4), pages 651-669, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:36:y:2020:i:4:p:651-669
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2019.1605889
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