Farmer preferences for reforestation contracts in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
Ryan C. Richards,
Ragan Petrie,
Benjamin Christ,
Eduardo Ditt and
Chris J. Kennedy
Forest Policy and Economics, 2020, vol. 118, issue C
Abstract:
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) have been initiated throughout Brazil to encourage forest restoration on private lands, especially smaller properties that are out of compliance with national land use laws requiring conservation of native vegetation. A choice experiment of 189 farmers in the Cantareira region – the drinking water source for over nine million people in the São Paulo metropolitan area – suggests that existing PES contract incentives are unlikely to spur enrollment by landowners with small properties and high dependence on agricultural income. This group is unlikely to restore forest without compensation, and survey responses indicate they need a much higher payment than current payment structures provide. Our results also provide support for the inclusion of in-kind incentives that increase agricultural productivity as a means to encourage participation. These findings are especially important in light of Brazil's commitments to forest restoration under the country's Native Vegetation Protection Law and its commitments through the Bonn Challenge to restore 15 million hectares of Atlantic Forest by 2050.
Keywords: Ecosystem services; Payments for ecosystem services; Ecological restoration; Choice experiment; Environmental policy; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102235
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