Lessons Learned from Mexico’s Payment for Environmental Services Program

Jennifer Alix-Garcia, Alain de Janvry (), Elisabeth Sadoulet () and Juan Manuel
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Jennifer Alix-Garcia: University of San Francisco

Chapter 8 in Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes, 2009, pp 163-188 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter outlines the evolution of Mexico’s payments for hydrological services program from its inception through the first 2 years of the program’s implementation. Background information on forests, deforestation, and potential environmental services provide context for a political economy analysis of the path the program traveled through Mexico’s legislative and administrative structures. We also analyze the characteristics of the recipients during the first 2 years, including results from a survey of participants and community case studies. A final section extracts lessons from the Mexican experience, including possible alternative program designs to address some of the problems encountered in its implementation.

Keywords: Environmental Service; Cloud Forest; North American Free Trade Agreement; Forest Loss; Conditional Cash Transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72971-8_8

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