The past two decades have seen growing interest in the use of markets and economic incentives to conserve forests and support rural livelihoods. This session brings together leading researchers and practitioners to explore how such approaches are being designed and implemented in different contexts. Through diverse case studies -ranging from Payments for Ecosystem Services and collective land tenure systems in Mexico, to methodological innovations for measuring forest change, and long-term conservation experiences and deforestation challenges in tropical frontier regions such as the Selva Lacandona (Chiapas, Mexico) and the Colombian Amazon- the panel will critically examine the promises, trade-offs, and pending potential of incentive-based conservation.
Thursday 18th September 3:00pm - 5:00pm. Thoday Building Bangor University Room G23.
Talks until 4:30pm, followed by refreshments.
Moderator: Julia P.G. Jones
Talks include:
- What is a tree? Data, definitions and dilemmas with measuring forest change
Katie Devenish (U. Manchester)
- Collective land tenure can promote forest restoration, but with socioeconomic trade-offs
Lucas Alencar (U. Manchester)
- Navigating Implementation Challenges in Mexico's Payments for Ecosystem Services
Andrea Alatorre (UQO, U. Antwerp) & Santiago Izquierdo Tort
- Conservation and Development in Mexico’s Selva Lacandona: Lessons from 20 Years with Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos
Julia Carabias (Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM; El Colegio Nacional)
- The effectiveness of government and NGO efforts in curbing deforestation in the Colombian Amazon
Esteve Corbera (ICTA-UAB) et al.
For the full program and panel abstracts click here
