Revealing pathways from payments for ecosystem services to socioeconomic outcomes

Science Advances
Hongbo YangJianguo Liu

Abstract

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs have been widely implemented as a promising tool to conserve ecosystems while facilitating socioeconomic development. However, the underlying pathways (or processes) through which PES programs affect socioeconomic outcomes remain elusive, and existing literature provides little guidance to quantify them. By integrating linkages among PES programs, livelihood activities, and socioeconomic outcomes, we develop a framework to reveal pathways from PES programs to socioeconomic outcomes. We empirically demonstrate the framework's operationalization and uncover the pathways that lead to unexpected negative effects of two important PES programs on participating households' income. With improved understanding of the pathways (for example, the programs decreased income through reducing crop production), we provide recommendations to enhance the PES programs' outcomes in our demonstration site and beyond. Our study highlights the finding that elucidating the pathways from PES programs to their outcomes can help identify specific strategies to achieve ecosystem conservation and socioeconomic development simultaneously.

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Nov 14, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Weiwei WangYong Chen
Sep 6, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Bing Yu, Linan Chen
Jun 12, 2020·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Lasse LoftJens Rommel
Jan 25, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Hongbo YangJianguo Liu
Mar 20, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Xutong WuJianguo Liu
Mar 31, 2021·Scientific Reports·Jie Li, Matteo Convertino
Mar 7, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Hongbo YangJianguo Liu

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