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DOI	10.1071/RJ19072
	Designing a payment for ecosystem services scheme, the practical obstacles for implementation in arid and semiarid rangelands
	Zakeri, Emad; Mousavi, Seyed Alireza; Karimzadeh, Hamidreza
通讯作者	Mousavi, SA (corresponding author), Isfahan Univ Technol, Dept Nat Resources, Esfahan, Iran.
来源期刊	RANGELAND JOURNAL
ISSN	1036-9872
EISSN	1834-7541
出版年	2020
卷号	42 期号:6 页码:387-400
英文摘要	Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes are an innovative solution to reduce environmental degradation. However, most existing experience with PES implementation is related to the agricultural, forestry and marine sectors, and the application of PES in rangelands is limited. Although a PES could be an option to reduce rangeland degradation, there is no specific framework or experience for its implementation in Iran. Financial resources for funding the scheme are important, although funding by itself is not sufficient, and details are important in designing a successful PES system. This study aimed to design and introduce the framework of a PES scheme based on field surveys, information collection and analysis emphasising soil and water conservation functions, and identification and discussion of the challenges and obstacles facing implementation of the designed framework. After delineating the vegetation types on rangeland ecosystems, their current ecological condition was considered the baseline, and minimum and maximum payments were considered, equal to the livestock reduction compensation and the total value of the increased ecosystem services as a result of PES implementation respectively. Results suggest designing the practical steps of PES schemes is complicated despite the concept's simplicity, and a lack of clear property rights can increase complexity and multiply the costs. Considering different socioeconomic and ecological contexts, and the detailed framework in all the processes of identification and investigation, development, pilot testing, and project operation can increase the effectiveness of PES schemes. Our findings appear useful for policy-making to balance utilisation pressure in natural areas, not only in Iran, but also in many arid and semiarid rangelands elsewhere.
英文关键词	environmental degradation incentive-based mechanisms Iran operationalising payments for ecosystem services pastoralists policy design
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000600764400001
WOS关键词	SOIL-EROSION ; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ; PES ; CONSERVATION ; FORESTS
WOS类目	Ecology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369265
作者单位	[Zakeri, Emad; Mousavi, Seyed Alireza; Karimzadeh, Hamidreza] Isfahan Univ Technol, Dept Nat Resources, Esfahan, Iran
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zakeri, Emad,Mousavi, Seyed Alireza,Karimzadeh, Hamidreza. Designing a payment for ecosystem services scheme, the practical obstacles for implementation in arid and semiarid rangelands[J],2020,42(6):387-400.
APA	Zakeri, Emad,Mousavi, Seyed Alireza,&Karimzadeh, Hamidreza.(2020).Designing a payment for ecosystem services scheme, the practical obstacles for implementation in arid and semiarid rangelands.RANGELAND JOURNAL,42(6),387-400.
MLA	Zakeri, Emad,et al."Designing a payment for ecosystem services scheme, the practical obstacles for implementation in arid and semiarid rangelands".RANGELAND JOURNAL 42.6(2020):387-400.