PES Sourcebook
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USAID PES Sourcebook, October 2007
The PES Sourcebook was developed to provide potential managers of PES projects with basic background material on PES that is required to effectively design, implement, and manage PES programs. The Sourcebook uses a broad perspective on what constitutes a "payment". Depending on the context, payments can imply either cash or noncash incentives, rewards or compensation. The Sourcebook is meant to serve as both a ready reference and a repository of useful knowledge on PES.
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Brief 1: Basic Principles of PES
DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Brief 2.1: Carbon Sequestration Services
Brief 2.2: Payments for Watershed Services
Brief 2.3: Payments for Biodiversity Conservation
Brief 2.4: Payments for Scenic Beauty
Brief 2.5: Payments for Bundled Services
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
Brief 3.1: Buyers, Sellers, and Intermediaries
Brief 3.2: Valuing Environmental Services
Brief 3.3: Payments and Conditionality
Brief 3.4: Transaction Costs
Brief 3.5: PES: Securing Environmental Services and Alleviating Poverty
Brief 4: Impact Evaluation of PES Programs
Brief 5: Policies and Institutions: Enabling Factors for PES
Brief 6: Alternatives to PES for Securing Delivery of Environmental Services
Brief 7: Payments for Watershed Services Regional Synthesis
Appendices
PES KNOWLEDGEBASE USER MANUAL
REGIONAL SYNTHESIS WORKING PAPERS
Africa
Asia
Latin America