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

Mirjam de Koning and Frik de Beer

Development Southern Africa, 2013, vol. 30, issue 2, 238-249

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.801198

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