ISSUE THEME:   Payment For Environmental Services

ISSUE EDITOR: Elisabeth Anderson

Welcome to the fifth issue of Basins and Coasts, which explores the theme of protection and valuation of ecosystem services, with specific focus on Payment for Ecosystem [or Environmental] Services (PES) programs. Over the past decade, PES programs have been applied worldwide as a tool for integrating environmental conservation, poverty reduction, governance and enterprise development. Today the literature on PES is broad, with many examples of PES programs documented in scholarly journals and technical papers. Several lessons have been learned, yet some unanswered questions still remain. What is the appropriate scale (geographic, temporal) at which PES programs should be implemented? How can equity issues be incorporated into PES programs and do they really result in poverty reduction? How effective really are PES programs as a tool for environmental conservation? What are some of the new frontiers for PES programs? The articles in this issue address these themes, while exploring case studies of PES programs from around the world.

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Individual Articles
		Exploring the role of payment for environmental services in river basin management: The case of the Mara River Basin of East AfricaMahadev G. Bhat and Michael McClain
		Economic valuation of ecosystem services: A new impetus for shellfish restoration?Robert D. Brumbaugh and Caitlyn Toropova
		Equity implications of marketing ecosystem servicesEsteve Corbera and Nicolás Kosoy
		Linking ecosystem services, hydrology and society: The importance of scale and the search for solutions in the Little Karoo, South AfricaDavid C. Le Maitre
		Efficacy of environmental service payments for forest conservation in Costa Rica's San Juan - La Selva Biological CorridorJessica L. Schedlbauer, Steven E. Sesnie, and Wayde C. Morse