Research Seminar Environmental & Development Economics“Improving the design of payment for ecosystem service policies: spatial coordination and collective action“Nick Hanley (University of Glasgow)

7. November 2018

The Research Seminar Environmental & Development Economics welcomes Nick Hanley (University of Glasgow), who will present his work on

“Improving the design of payment for ecosystem service policies: spatial coordination and collective action”.

Place: Zentralbibliothek Recht, Rothenbaumchaussee 33 (Google Maps), Room Ro 33 BG 3/4
Hour: 12:15-13:45
We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Abstract
Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES) schemes are based on voluntary enrolment by land managers. Such schemes are designed to deliver additional environmental benefits to society relative to a no-payment situation. However, often the effective delivery of environmental benefits depends on spatial coordination of participation: examples of such contexts include wetlands restoration, catchment management, and biodiversity enhancement. In this presentation I summarize results from a number of recent lab and lab-in-field experiment studies where we tested out the performance of alternative mechanisms to try to enhance spatial coordination. These are the agglomeration bonus, spatially-connected conservation auctions and group participation (collective action) contracts.