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Can Ecosystem Services reduce poverty?
Nov 13, 2014
The keynote speech and presentation of Paul Van Gardingen, of ESPA, at the IIED-hosted Innovations for equity in smallholder PES: bridging research and practice conference.
The presentation, made at the start of the conference, questioned whether ecosystem services could reduce poverty, concluding that yes, they could, providing a number of problems could be overcome.
More information on Van Gardingen's work: www.espa.ac.uk.
The conference took place at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh on 21 March.
Further details of the conference and IIED's work with PES are available via http://www.iied.org/conference-innovations-for-equity-smallholder-pes-highlights, and can be found via the Shaping Sustainable Markets website: http://shapingsustainablemarkets.iied.org/.
The presentation, made at the start of the conference, questioned whether ecosystem services could reduce poverty, concluding that yes, they could, providing a number of problems could be overcome.
More information on Van Gardingen's work: www.espa.ac.uk.
The conference took place at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh on 21 March.
Further details of the conference and IIED's work with PES are available via http://www.iied.org/conference-innovations-for-equity-smallholder-pes-highlights, and can be found via the Shaping Sustainable Markets website: http://shapingsustainablemarkets.iied.org/.
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Can Ecosystem Services Reduce Poverty?
Yes….. But!
• It’s often difficult to reach the poor.
• Households require access to key capitals– Land, water, natural resources,
finance, social, education.
• Good governance, effective institutions and markets are often required
• Capacity strengthening needs to be addressed
Can PESReduce Poverty?
Yes…..
• But….• It’s not automatic or
even easy.• Badly designed
schemes can enhance poverty.
• There are risks of elite capture.
• Schemes may not be sustainable.
Some Key Questions
• When can/does PES reduce poverty?• Who benefits? Under what conditions?• How best to capture and transfer benefits?• What makes for effective governance,
institutions and markets?• How efficient is the scheme?• Monitoring options• How to scale-up and scale out?• Is it likely to be sustainable?
The Role of Research
• Understanding coupled socio-ecological systems.
• Collecting evidence to address key questions.
• Testing new approaches.
• Providing pilot studies.• Developing and testing
new concepts and ideas
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Opportunities working with ESPA
• www.espa.ac.uk– Share your knowledge or questions. Blog– ESPA’s growing body of evidence on PES
• ESPA-2014 Grants. “Blue Skies”• Regional Opportunities Fund• ESPA Annual Meeting.
– New Delhi 26-27 November• Synthesis activities. ESPA-2015• Regional Evidence Brokers
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