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What Is The Emperor Wearing? The Secret Lives Of Ecosystem Services, James Salzman
What Is The Emperor Wearing? The Secret Lives Of Ecosystem Services, James Salzman
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Designing Payments For Ecosystem Services, James Salzman
Designing Payments For Ecosystem Services, James Salzman
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This Policy Series by James Salzman brings attention to a rapidly developing phenomenon—payments for ecosystem services (PES).
Salzman, the Samuel F. Mordecai Professor of Law and the Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy at Duke University, explains when and where ecosystem services can be provided by voluntary markets rather than government actions. The key to understanding how PES work is rooted in the basis of any voluntary market transaction—gains from trade. One party agrees to take action because another party offers an incentive. Both parties benefit. A beekeeper, for example, brings her hives to an orchard to provide pollination services …