Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6548555 | Land Use Policy | 2014 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Results of our simulations showed that increasing access to irrigated terraces as a way of compensating for converting land to forest increased the participation of the poorest farmers and was more cost efficient than pure cash payments. This suggests that existing PFF programs are biased against the smallest landholders in the region whereas they could be transformed into win-win programs likely to increase forested areas and reduce inequalities among farm households. Our paper demonstrates that PES schemes, when fine-tuned to the South East Asian context, could not only be used to restore ecosystem services, but also to alleviate poverty.
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Authors
Damien Jourdain, Esther Boere, Marrit van den Berg, Quang Dinh Dang, Thanh Phuc Cu, François Affholder, Sushil Pandey,