2012 PES Bundling and Stacking Workshop (Washington, DC, USA)

April 5-6, 2012, Washington, DC, USA - This workshop on bundling and stacking approaches to payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes was convened by the TransLinks partnership and was made possible by support from USAID through the TransLinks Cooperative Agreement. The event focused on the key concepts, challenges and opportunities of bundling and stacking ecosystem services, facilitated an exchange of lesson learned, and sought to identify a common framework and guiding principle for for project developers working in different contexts that help them overcome challenges and realize opportunities with respect to bundling and stacking.

Bundling and Stacking for Maximizing Social, Ecological, and Economic Benefits: A Framing Paper for Discussion at the “Bundling and Stacking Workshop”, April 5-6, 2012

Framing paper for the "Bundling and Stacking Workshop” held April 5-6, 2012 in Washington, D.C., convened by the TransLinks partnership, with support from USAID through the TransLinks Cooperative Agreement. This paper explores some of the risks and benefits of bundling and stacking approaches to payments for ecosystem services (PES) and identifies key questions that need to be answered to support the successful use and adoption of these mechanisms. It will focus on these issues with respect to two categories of ecosystem service markets and payment programs: (1) offsets and mitigation credits and (2) conservation payments and incentives (also known as payments for ecosystem services (PES). THIS IS A DRAFT DOCUMENT.
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