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1 November 2015 Payments for Ecosystem Services: Market Mechanism or Diversified Modes?
Liu Yanhong, and Guo Chaoxian
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Abstract

Payment for ecosystem services is a concept of environmental protection and method of environmental management that has “purchasing conservation” as a major feature and has grown around the world since the 1990s. It is stressed by the school of environmental economics that as a voluntary mechanism of exchange between ecological service providers and demanders, payments for ecosystem services can help to increase inputs and improve efficiency. Ecological economics holds that the ecological system and the complexity of the policy environment restrict the functional space of market mechanisms. The negative influence of the objective of giving priority to efficiency on environmental protection and social fairness cannot be neglected; therefore, the exchange mechanism is just one type of eco-compensation models. Here, we posit that payments for ecosystem services is a good tool for environmental protection and increases inputs and efficiency. Although payment for ecosystem services is confronted with challenges in application, it is playing an increasingly important role in the field of ecological services with a relatively high degree of commodification. Payments for ecosystem services can also increase the cost effectiveness of publicly managed environmental projects with the cooperation of other policy tools.

Liu Yanhong and and Guo Chaoxian "Payments for Ecosystem Services: Market Mechanism or Diversified Modes?," Journal of Resources and Ecology 6(6), 420-426, (1 November 2015). https://doi.org/10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2015.06.010
Received: 26 October 2015; Accepted: 1 November 2015; Published: 1 November 2015
KEYWORDS
diversified modes
ecological economics
environmental economics
market mechanism
payments for ecosystem services
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