Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I General perspectives
- Part II Regional floristic and animal diversity
- Part III Hydrometeorology of tropical montane cloud forest
- Part IV Nutrient dynamics in tropical montane cloud forests
- Part V Cloud forest water use, photosynthesis, and effects of forest conversion
- Part VI Effects of climate variability and climate change
- Part VII Cloud forest conservation, restoration, and management issues
- 62 Environmental history and forest regeneration dynamics in a degraded valley of north-west Argentina's cloud forests
- 63 Impact of deforestation and forest regrowth on vascular epiphyte diversity in the Andes of Bolivia
- 64 Ecology and use of old-growth and recovering montane oak forests in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
- 65 Forest restoration in the tropical montane cloud forest belt of central Veracruz, Mexico
- 66 Ecological and social bases for the restoration of a High Andean cloud forest: preliminary results and lessons from a case study in northern Ecuador
- 67 Biodiversity-based livelihoods in the ceja andina forest zone of northern Ecuador: multi-stakeholder learning processes for the sustainable use of cloud forest areas
- 68 Embracing epiphytes in sustainable forest management: a pilot study from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
- 69 Fire dynamics and community management of fire in montane cloud forests in south-eastern Mexico
- 70 Assessment needs to support the development of arrangements for Payments for Ecosystem Services from tropical montane cloud forests
- 71 Conservation strategies for montane cloud forests in Costa Rica: the case of protected areas, payments for environmental services, and ecotourism
- References
70 - Assessment needs to support the development of arrangements for Payments for Ecosystem Services from tropical montane cloud forests
from Part VII - Cloud forest conservation, restoration, and management issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I General perspectives
- Part II Regional floristic and animal diversity
- Part III Hydrometeorology of tropical montane cloud forest
- Part IV Nutrient dynamics in tropical montane cloud forests
- Part V Cloud forest water use, photosynthesis, and effects of forest conversion
- Part VI Effects of climate variability and climate change
- Part VII Cloud forest conservation, restoration, and management issues
- 62 Environmental history and forest regeneration dynamics in a degraded valley of north-west Argentina's cloud forests
- 63 Impact of deforestation and forest regrowth on vascular epiphyte diversity in the Andes of Bolivia
- 64 Ecology and use of old-growth and recovering montane oak forests in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
- 65 Forest restoration in the tropical montane cloud forest belt of central Veracruz, Mexico
- 66 Ecological and social bases for the restoration of a High Andean cloud forest: preliminary results and lessons from a case study in northern Ecuador
- 67 Biodiversity-based livelihoods in the ceja andina forest zone of northern Ecuador: multi-stakeholder learning processes for the sustainable use of cloud forest areas
- 68 Embracing epiphytes in sustainable forest management: a pilot study from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
- 69 Fire dynamics and community management of fire in montane cloud forests in south-eastern Mexico
- 70 Assessment needs to support the development of arrangements for Payments for Ecosystem Services from tropical montane cloud forests
- 71 Conservation strategies for montane cloud forests in Costa Rica: the case of protected areas, payments for environmental services, and ecotourism
- References
Summary
ABSTRACT
The willingness of beneficiaries to pay for “ecosystem services” will ultimately depend on confidence in the effectiveness of actions taken to ensure their continued delivery at the watershed scale. Key aspects of effectiveness include: (i) the integrity of ecosystem functioning or processes that support service provision, (ii) whether the impacts or benefits are economically significant at the relevant (watershed) scale, and (iii) the effectiveness of institutional arrangements needed to ensure access to benefits by those who pay for them. The biophysical characteristics of the relevant watershed/ecosystem also have implications for the types of institutional arrangements that are possible or necessary to control access to services. Given the dynamic nature of ecosystems, and the potentially long lag time between multiple causes and effects over large spatial areas, the outcomes of management actions are inherently variable, uncertain, and site-specific. In the absence of adequate site-specific assessment, Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) initiatives are often based on inappropriate generalizations or even myth regarding the hydrological impact of certain types of land-cover changes. Cloud forests in particular are generally assumed to increase the supply of water because they capture water from clouds, beyond that provided by precipitation. However, there is a need for further site-specific assessments, to better define and quantify the extent to which cloud forests account for additional supplies of water compared to other land-cover types that might replace them (e.g. pasture) under various climatic conditions. […]
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- Tropical Montane Cloud ForestsScience for Conservation and Management, pp. 671 - 685Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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