SANREM CRSP is supported by the United States Agency for International Development and the generous support of the American people through Cooperative Agreement No. EPP-A-00-04-00013-00
The SANREM CRSP is managed by the Office of International Research, Education, and Development at Virginia Tech.
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
PES Resources
- USAID PES Sourcebook (PDF Version)
- PES Knowledgebase PDF
- Policy seminars July 2007
- PES Seminar October 2007
- Case Studies
The SANREM CRSP received an award from USAID/EGAT in 2007 (Associate Cooperative Agreement Na.EPP-A-OO-06-00004-00) to conduct a study of payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs in developing countries in collaboration with the BASIS CRSP and to develop and deliver PES training materials and programs to USAID personnel. The study:
- developed regional reviews of payments for hydrologic services in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The review papers characterize regional approaches to program objectives and illustrate how those objectives shape program design, contexts, and conditions across the regions, including design elements, challenges, and effectiveness. Drafts of the regional reviews were presented at the "Global Event on Payments/Rewards for Environmental Services" in Lombok, Indonesia, in January 2007. Completed versions of the papers are published and available in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Volume 28 Issue 3 - 5 2009.
- developed a series of case studies on successful PES programs in the three regions
- worked with the BASIS CRSP to develop the PES Sourcebook training manual for USAID personnel,
- sponsored two seminars on PES to enable USAID personnel to design and manage PES programs, and
- expanded the SANREM PES Knowledgebase to consolidate information on PES projects in developing countries
Researchers participating in PES Associate Award included Paul Ferraro of Georgia State University, Gerald Shively of Purdue University, Douglas Southgate of Ohio State University, Marjorie Huang of Winrock International, Sven Wunder of CIFOR, and Theo Dillaha of Virginia Tech. Key BASIS scientists were John Kerr and Rohit Jindal of Michigan State University, and Michael Carter of the University of Wisconsin. The USAID AOTR for this project was Michael Colby, USAID/ EGAT/NRM.