PES as Compensation ? Redistribution of Payments for Forest Conservation in Mexican Common Forests

This article empirically explores the distribution of a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) scheme within Mexican forest communities. The PSA-H is a Mexican federal PES that has been remunerating communities for forest conservation since 2003. During the last decade, Mexico's National Forestry Commission [CONAFOR] has developed a complex targeting system in order to enroll forests owned by communities with certain socio-economic and ecological characteristics. In the present study we analyze the socio-economic characteristics and land use changes of recipients of the PSA-H to understand how the targeting objectives have been expressed in the field. We conducted a combined survey of 47 ejidos and 163 households in the south of the state of Yucatan – the Cono Sur region. We first investigate, at the ejido-level, what determines the unequal distribution of payments. Second, we analyze the amount of payment received depending on the characteristics of households. Our analysis shows that the way the PSA-H is being distributed by ejidatarios bypasses the initial compensation objective. As a matter of fact, the distribution of the payments reflects past land use trajectories.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Le Velly, Gwenolé, Dutilly, Céline, Ezzine de Blas, Driss, Fernandez, Chloé
Format:	monograph biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	CERDI
Subjects:	P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/580620/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/580620/1/Le%20Velly_%20PES%20distribution_cerdi%20WP.pdf
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