Global Environment Facility2014-12-082014-12-082014-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20681The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), The Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity study (TEEB) and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) provide a comprehensive and useful framework to understand human dependence on ecosystem services and how best to protect these services in perpetuity. In these three authoritative studies, payment for ecosystem services (PES) is listed as one of the mechanisms that should allow societies to pay for the maintenance of these services. Ecosystem services are receiving increased attention in the context of human development through The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study (TEEB). This is an international initiative designed to call attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity, and the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. In TEEB s Report for Policymakers, PES schemes are listed as potentially useful mechanisms to compensate those who maintain the flow of ecosystem services. The study emphasizes that PES schemes offer considerable potential to raise new funds for biodiversity or to use existing funding more efficiently, and that both the public and private sectors can play a role in establishing PES in different contexts.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTUREANIMAL SPECIESATLANTIC FORESTATLANTIC FORESTSBASINBENEFITS OF BIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIODIVERSITY CONSIDERATIONSBIODIVERSITY LOSSBIODIVERSITY PROTECTIONBIODIVERSITY STRATEGYBIODIVERSITY VALUEBIOLOGICAL CORRIDORBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYBIOLOGICAL RESOURCESBUFFER ZONESBUILDING MATERIALSCARBONCARBON CREDITSCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON MARKETCARBON MARKETSCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON STOCKCARBON STOCK CHANGESCARBON STORAGECATTLECHEMICALSCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCOCOASTCOASTAL CONSERVATIONCONSERVATION ASSESSMENTCONSERVATION BIOLOGYCONSERVATION EFFORTSCONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITYCORAL REEFCORAL REEF RESILIENCECROPSDECISION MAKINGDEFORESTATIONDESERTIFICATIONECOLOGICAL BENEFITSECOLOGICAL ECONOMICSECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC INCENTIVESECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC VALUATIONECONOMIC VALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICESECONOMICSECONOMIES OF SCALEECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEM APPROACHECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENTECOSYSTEM CONCEPTECOSYSTEM DEGRADATIONECOSYSTEM GOODSECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENTECOSYSTEM RESTORATIONECOSYSTEM SERVICEECOSYSTEM SERVICESECOSYSTEMSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL GOODSENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL SERVICEENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESENVIRONMENTSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFISHERIESFOOD SECURITYFOREST CARBONFOREST CONSERVATIONFOREST COVERFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST ECOSYSTEMFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST OWNERSFOREST PROJECTSFOREST PROTECTIONFOREST RESOURCESFOREST STEWARDSHIPFORESTRYFORESTRY RESEARCHFORESTSFRESHWATERFRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMSGENETIC RESOURCESGEOGRAPHICAL AREASGHGGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSGRASSLANDSGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASHABITATHIGHLANDSINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCHIPCCLAKELAKESLAND DEGRADATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND MANAGERSLAND USELAND USERSLAND-USELANDSCAPELANDSCAPE LEVELLANDSCAPESLARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMLARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMSLIVELIHOODSMARINE ENVIRONMENTSMARINE HABITATSMONTANE FORESTSMOUNTAINSNATURAL ECOSYSTEMNATURAL ECOSYSTEMSNATURAL FORESTSNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNATURENATURE RESERVENUTRIENT CYCLESOZONEOZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCESPLANTATIONSPPPRODUCERSPROTECTIONPROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITYRAINREDUCING EMISSIONSREFORESTATIONREPLENISHMENTRESOURCE MANAGEMENTRESOURCE USERIPARIAN FOREST RESTORATIONRIPARIAN FORESTSRIVERRIVER BASINSSEDIMENTATIONSOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSPECIESSTUDY AREASUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMSUSTAINABLE FISHERIESSUSTAINABLE FORESTSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE LANDSUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIONSUSTAINABLE USESUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITYTEMPERATE FORESTSTIMBERTRANSACTION COSTSTROPICAL LOWLANDTROPICAL MOUNTAINSTROPICAL RAIN FORESTSTROPICAL RAINFORESTSTROPICAL SAVANNASUNEPUPLANDSWATERSHEDWATERSHED APPROACHWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWATERSHED PROTECTIONWATERSHEDSWETLANDSWILLINGNESS TO PAY10.1596/20681