Payments for environmental services (PES) have become a popular approach to address
environmental degradation. However, evidence on its effectiveness is scarce and rather …

CONTEXT Many agricultural policies target the conservation of biodiversity worldwide.
Result-based agri-environmental schemes can be more effective and efficient than the more …

Increased use of annual payments to land managers for ecological outcomes indicates a
growing interest in exploring the potential of this approach. In this viewpoint, we drew on the …

Benefit distribution in Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and REDD+ involves the
disbursement of cash or in-kind incentives to local participants that opt to manage their land …

Livestock depredation by large carnivores entails economic damage to farmers in many
parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare the costs of livestock …

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) gained an increasing importance in science and
politics within the last decades. Although the enthusiasm about PES is particularly high in …

The recovery and expansion of large carnivores have increased livestock damage in
Europe, one example being the reindeer husbandry in northern Fennoscandia. Mostly free …

This paper sheds light on the potential of group-level tenders to enhance conservation
where it depends on cooperation of small-scale farmers. We analyze data from two pilot …

Group incentives can and have been used to address a range of environmental and
resource problems. These schemes base individual penalties and/or rewards on the …

Globally, intensive forestry has led to habitat degradation and fragmentation of the forest
landscape. Taking Sweden as an example, this development is contradictory to international …