ABSTRACT

Alexander Pfaff and Juan Robalino Introduction Conservation policies are receiving increased attention in light of the potential, under new climate change policies, for rewarding avoided deforestation. Deforestation could be avoided in many ways, from alterations of development policies through many forms of conservation, for example, the creation of protected areas. In particular, the potential of payments for environmental services has received significant attention of late (see Chomitz et al., 1999; Echavarria et al., 2004; Frank and Muller, 2003; Miranda et al., 2003; Rojas and Aylward, 2003; Rosales, 2003; Smith, 1995; Szentandrasi et al., 1995; Tikka, 2003) and it is a focus of this volume and chapter.