"Dry
forests and sustainable development: equitable management of ecosystem goods
and services in Mexican dry forests"
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As a part of a research project, the Research
Dutch Organisation (NWO) under the WOTRO funds financed a workshop with
more than 30 representatives of PES (Payment for Environmental Sevice)
stakeholders in the Mexican context. The workshop conclusions were the
base for drawing the full research proposal on "Dry forests and sustainable
development: equitable management of ecosystem goods and services in Mexican
dry forests" which was submitted to NWO for funding. The workshop
conclusions in Spanish can be downloaded by this
link.
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The research "Dry forests
and sustainable development: equitable management of ecosystem goods and
services in Mexican dry forests" will explore the potential for capturing
environmental values in a market based scheme based on above ground carbon
accounting in order to develop habitat conservation and restoration activities
in dry forests, using western Mexico as a case study. The objective of this
research is to provide a firm platform for policymaking regarding forest
management to enhance ecosystems' services while promoting rural development
and lowering carbon emissions. The underlying research question is if the
valuation of ecosystems services is enough to stop deforestation and degradation
and conserve dry forests in Mexico? |
Members of KTGAL project were
part of the organisation committee, specially supported by dr. Margaret Skutsch
(scientific director of KTGAL project) and prof. dr. Jon Lovett (scientific
director of Technology and Sustainable Development department at CSTM at University
of Twente, The Netherlands). Through this link you may see
more pictures related.
PES Workshop at ITESO on 4th & 5th
February 2009, Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico.