Payment for Ecosystem Services

Reference Title	MONITORING AND ENFORCING PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROGRAMS
Date Published	October 2010
Authors	Adrian Treves and Catherine Schloegel
Summary	Private landowners and other community members should be rewarded for protecting ecosystem services and biodiversity locally. To be sustainable, such incentive schemes must include training for community members to monitor and enforce compliance. An ongoing project in Ecuador is developing cost-effective, long-term monitoring strategies for a program aimed at protecting large and endangered animals. This brief summarizes the lessons learned.
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