Publications [#361788] of Alexander Pfaff

Chapters in Books

1. Robalino, J; Pfaff, A; Villalobos, L, Assessing the Impact of Institutional Design of Payments for Environmental Services: The Costa Rican Experience, in Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry Measurement and Payment (January, 2012), pp. 305-318, ISBN 9781849711470 [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/18)

   Abstract:
   By now, these programmes have been implemented in many countries of the Latin American region (e.g. Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia). But Costa Rica was one of the first developing countries to implement this policy nationwide, recognizing legally that forests generate services that need to be compensated. This pioneering effort was called the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) programme. It officially started in 1997 and is still under way.