Lessons for REDDplus: A comparative analysis of the German discourse on forest functions and the global ecosystem services debate

Till Pistorius, Harald Schaich, Georg Winkel, Tobias Plieninger, Claudia Bieling, Werner Konold and Karl-Reinhard Volz

Forest Policy and Economics, 2012, vol. 18, issue C, 4-12

Abstract: This paper compares the historic German discourse on forest functions with the current international debate on ecosystem services and analyzes the factors that may have triggered or inhibited the development and the institutionalization of both underlying concepts and subordinate debates. Ultimately, this comparison aims at drawing conclusions for the present debate on the currently negotiated REDDplus mechanism which can be considered as a major effort to upscale payments for environmental services.

Keywords: Forest functions; Ecosystem services; Discourses; Payments for ecosystem services (PES); REDDplus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.09.001

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