Pro-poor Payments for Ecosystem Services Policy Seminar

USAID Pro-poor Payments for Ecosystem Services Policy Seminar


Oct. 4, 2007
Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Center
7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, Va. 22043

8:30     Welcome and introductions: Seminar objectives and logistics

  • Understand the principles of PES and PES-like programs
  • Understand different ways PES is used around the developing world
  • Identify situations in which PES is or is not an appropriate mechanism
  • Design and troubleshoot pro-poor PES programs
  • Introduction to USAID PES Sourcebook

8:45     Introduction to PES from a Development Perspective (PowerPoint presentation)

Speaker: Michael Colby, natural resources economics, enterprise, and governance advisor, USAID/ EGAT/ NRM

Presentation preparer: Stefano Pagiola, Environment Department, World Bank

  • Reasons for World Bank interest in PES
  • Alternative approaches against which PES is being judged 
  • “True PES” versus “PES-like” programs

    Abstract

9:30     PES Design and Policy Issues-Part I  (PowerPoint presentation)

(presentation video in QuickTime (147 MB) or RealVideo (58 MB, best viewed in Internet Explorer)

Speakers: John Kerr and Rohit Jindal, Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, Michigan State University

Types of payments/rewards

  • Individual vs. group payments/rewards
  • Conditionality
  • Monitoring and measurement issues
  • Transaction costs

    Abstract

10:45   Regional Differences and Similarities in PES Programs for Hydrologic Services  (PowerPoint presentation)

 (presentation video in QuickTime (90 MB) or RealVideo (70 MB, best viewed in Internet Explorer)

Speaker: Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP, Virginia Tech

Abstract

11:30   PES Design and Policy Issues-Part II (PowerPoint presentation)

(presentation video in QuickTime (111 MB) or RealVideo (38 MB, best viewed in Internet Explorer)

Speaker: Paul Ferraro, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

  • Seller issues
  • Buyer issues
  • Property rights issues
  • Enabling policies and legal framework
  • Intermediaries

    Abstract

1:15     PES Knowledgebase - Overview and Demonstration of a New Tool (PowerPoint presentation)

(presentation video in QuickTime (51 MB) or RealVideo (40 MB, best viewed in Internet Explorer)

Speaker: Theo Dillaha, SANREM CRSP, Virginia Tech

Abstract

PES Knowledgebase

1:30     PES and Poverty Alleviation (PowerPoint presentation)

(presentation video in QuickTime (141 MB) or RealVideo(46 MB, best viewed in Internet Explorer)

Speaker: Sven Wunder, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Brazil

PES and poverty alleviation-issues and challenges

  • Strategies for Pro-Poor PES programs

    Abstract

2:15     Case study troubleshooting exercises

(presentation video in Quicktime (17 MB) or RealVideo(14 MB, best viewed in Internet Explorer)

Speaker and moderator: Michael Jenkins, president and CEO, Forest Trends

  • Situations in which PES is and is not appropriate
  • How PES can complement traditional sustainable development programs
  • How to design and troubleshoot pro-poor PES programs

3:30     Case study group presentations and discussion

4:30     Conceptual wrap-up

Speaker: Sven Wunder, CIFOR, Brazil

  • Outlook for PES as a tool for integrating NRM and poverty reduction
  • Lessons learned and best practices
  • Sources of more information

5:00     Next steps and sources of information

Speaker: Michael Colby, USAID

(presentation video in QuickTime (14 MB) or RealVideo (7 MB, best viewed in Internet Explorer)

5:15     Adjourn

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