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Library Perception and Economic Decision of Local Producers: the Role of Payment for Environmental Services for Two Types of Forest in the Northern HuetarRegion, Costa Rica

Perception and Economic Decision of Local Producers: the Role of Payment for Environmental Services for Two Types of Forest in the Northern HuetarRegion, Costa Rica

Perception and Economic Decision of Local Producers: the Role of Payment for Environmental Services for Two Types of Forest in the Northern HuetarRegion, Costa Rica

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Date of publication
November 2010
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AGRIS:ES2016400025

The financial behavior of three schemes for payments for environmental services (PES) adjusted to the forest value (FV) was assessed, starting from a first forest harvest, which were classified into two types according to the dominance of Pentaclethra macroloba combined with palms (Forest Pp) or combined with Carapa guianensis (Forest Pc). In these forests, common production functions of sustainable forest management (SFM), and functions of profitability were elaborated for two conditions of harvesting during a cutting cycle. The result ofthese forest values shows that any current scheme for sustainable forest management and/or payments for environmental services can’t compete when compared to land values paid by the market with high demand and accumulation of land by highly profitable crops. Complementary, it was analyzed the compatibility between sustainable forest management and payments for environmental services with local farmer’s perceptions, which together with forest values explain their preferences for determined land uses.

Se evaluó el comportamiento financiero de tres formatos de pago por servicios ambientales (PSA) sobre el valor del bosque (VB), a partir de una primera cosecha forestal en bosques clasificados en dos tipos, de acuerdo con la dominancia de Pentaclethra macroloba en combinación con palmas (Bosque Pp) o en combinación con Carapa guianensis (Bosque Pc). En estos bosques se construyeron funciones de producción típicas del manejo forestal sostenible (MFS) y de la rentabilidad para dos condiciones de cosecha durante un ciclo de corta. El resultado de estos valores del bosque demostró que ningún esquema actual de manejo forestal sostenible y/o de pago por servicios ambientales puede competir con los precios de los terrenos propuestos en el mercado ni con la elevada demanda y acumulación de tierras dedicadas a cultivos muy rentables. Complementariamente, se consideró la percepción de los productores locales hacia la compatibilidad del manejo forestal sostenible y el pago por servicios ambientales, junto con el valor del bosque, para establecer sus preferencias sobre determinados usos del suelo.

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Meza, Víctor
Navarro, Guillermo
Pokorny, Benno

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