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Rewarding the service providers

A policy brief

Year of publication 2014

Pages 8p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The aim of this policy brief is to increase awareness among policymakers and the general public about the vital role of tropical forests in providing environmental services and the increasing need for beneficiaries to compensate forest owners or managers for those services. The brief builds on the insights gained at the International Forum on Payments for Environmental Services of Tropical Forests, which was held in San José, Costa Rica, in April 2014. It sets out the rationale for, and the cons traints faced by, PES schemes, and key recommendations for scaling them up.

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