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Payment for ecosystem services through renewable energy generation to promote community-based natural resource management in the Blyde in South Africa

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  • Mirjam de Koning
  • Frik de Beer

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Loss of biodiversity is putting the South African economy and the quality of life of its citizens at risk. Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is a way to incentivise conservation, community-based natural resource management and restoration of the environment. This article discusses a proposed PES project through the generation of hydro-electricity in the Blyde River Canyon Nature reserve. It argues that this proposed project could serve as an example for other PES projects and that it would strengthen community-based natural resource management, be beneficial to environmental conservation, counteract climate change, and provide socio-economic benefits to surrounding communities.

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  • Mirjam de Koning & Frik de Beer, 2013. "Payment for ecosystem services through renewable energy generation to promote community-based natural resource management in the Blyde in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(2), pages 238-249, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:30:y:2013:i:2:p:238-249
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.801198
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    1. Hao Wang & Sander Meijerink & Erwin van der Krabben, 2020. "Institutional Design and Performance of Markets for Watershed Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-26, August.

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