Research Reports
Payment for Environmental Services on Watershed Conservation Forest
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AuthorChang, Cheolsu
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Publication Date2007.12.01
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This study is conducted for indicating tasks and implement directions of initiatives based on explaining reasons to adopt Payment for Environmental Services(PES) in watershed conservation forest area.
It examines conditions and necessity for support of watershed conservation forest privately owned. It draws implications related to PES by analysing domestic and foreign case studies. This study indicates general directions and detailed implemental methods based on survey of forest land owners. The summarized conclusion of the study is shown below.
Private owners of watershed conservation forests are constrained exercising their right to manage, and there are neither compensating systems nor supporting systems. For this reason, they don’t manage the forest carefully and degrade its function. Foreign countries adopted various payment policies to improve watershed developing function. In Japan, there is watershed conservation forest formation project. In America, there are public charge systems such as New York City’s forest formation system and USDA’s soil conservation program. In Costa Rica, hydroelectric power producer compensates forest land owners to regulate water flow for stabilization of power production.
Adoption of PES on watershed conservation forest can be possible when beneficiaries are willing to pay and service producers are willing to supply qualified water constantly. It is not desirable to adopt all around PES system in present condition that beneficiaries and producers do not fully concern and recognize. It is necessary to expand the public consensus of PES firstly. In the short terms adoption of public adoption of public charge are required, and PES systems on benefit principle in the long term are needed.
Researchers: Chang, Cheol-Su and Shin, Yong-Kwang
Research period: 2007. 4. - 2007. 12.
E-mail address: cschang@krei.re.kr
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