Payments for Ecosystem Services

Ana Paula Kanoppa2019 International Fellow from Brazil at World Forestry Center - Portland, OR

Photo: Diego Gurgel

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.6% of the entire surface of the planet

• Area / Location: 2 billions acres = 87% of the USA / 33x Oregon State

• Population: 209 Millions (2017) = 64% of the USA

• GDP: 2k Trillion USD (2017)

2. FORESTRY RESOURCES

• 5 Countries have 54% of forest land (Russia, Brazil,Canada, USA and China) (FAO, 2015)

• Brazil has 12% of global forest area (58% of Brazil´s land area)

2.1 FOREST CHARACTERISTICS

41%

57%

Natural Forest

Primary forest Other naturally regenerated forest

98%

2%

Brazil - Forest Characteristics

Natural Forest Planted Forest

Eucalyptus Plantation Natural Forest

3. PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (PES)

The benefits people obtain from ecosystems

Source: Catedra Unesco https://bit.ly/2kwDXoQ

Payment for Ecosystem Services are

incentives offered to landowners ($) for

managing their land in exchange for some

sort of ecological service(s)

Benefits

For more details see Columbia Land Trust :https://www.columbialandtrust.org/

3.1 Conservation Easement

When an organization or institution buys one of the rights of private land with the purpose of preserving it in perpetuity

• Contributes to mitigating climate change

• Improved wildlife habitat and migration corridors

also make it possible to continue social activities,

such as recreation, hunting, and fishing

• You could transfer this responsibility to the Land

Trust and, at the same time, earn some income

through the sale of part of the property

• Water Rights

• Carbon Rights

• Development Rights

3.1 Conservation Easement

For more details see Columbia Land Trust :https://www.columbialandtrust.org/

Benefits

3.2. Voluntary Carbon Projects

Co-benefits

• Forest remove dioxide carbon from the atmosphere and

Contributes to mitigating climate change

• Preserving watershed areas that supply clean water

• Invested in the city’s public services

Local Library City Parks Fire Trucks

• Improve Forest Management increase

carbon stocks that can be trade in

voluntary markets (offsets)

3.2. Voluntary Carbon Projects

Bear Creek watershed, property of the City of Astoria, Oregon

For more details see The American Carbon Registry (ACR) : https://americancarbonregistry.org/

In this case, landowners receive direct payments from the government for the

ecological services which their lands produces through increased and maintained

Forest Cover

BenefitsForest production systems (commercial reforestation) the PES are additional to the

incomes from forest products sales, consequently help to improve the cash flow

3.3. Direct Public Payments

Forest Conservation or Reforestation (Costa Rica)

3.3. Direct Public Payments

For more details see Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento Forestal: https://www.fonafifo.go.cr/es/

Degraded area recovery with commercial plantations in Costa Rica

• Development Rights can help restore deforested areas in Developing Countries

• Financial Resources from Government and Non-Profit Entities isn’t enough

• Private Investment could fill the gap

4. FROM TROPICAL RAINFOREST THROUGHPNW TO BEYOND

Thank You• Joseph Furia, Executive Director

• Darlene Boles, CPA Financial & Human Resources Director

• Jennifer Kent, Event & Visitor Services Director

• Tyler Quinn, Communications Director

• Chuck Wiley, Facilities Director

• Sara Wu, Deputy Director

• Rick Zenn, Senior Fellow

• Rick Zurow, Director of Philanthropy

• James Bailey, Property Maintenance Technician

• Bill Boggs, Facilities Lead

• Vivian Bui, WFI Professional Programs Coordinator

• Amy Dirk, Visitor Services Associate

• Shadia Duery, World Forest Institute Program Manager

• Adara Friley, Event Services Liaison

• Angie Garcia, Event Services Manager

• Alison Herlihy, Visitor Services Lead

• Spencer Keller, Facilities Technician

• Neiko Lopez, Facilities Technician

• Dennis McAfee, Facilities Technician

• Morgan Pasinski, Visitor Services Manager

• Jesse Tauscher, Facilities Technician

• Merrit Thompson, Development & Community Relations Manager/Executive Assistant to Executive Director

• Josh Tomi, Visitor Services Associate

• Kris Vanderburg Visitor Services Associate

• Jamie Wiley, Office Manager

• Patti Wright, Visitor Services Associate

• Tom and Norah Lehnhoff

• Lorena and David O`Neil

• Leah, Darius, Liliana and Simone Klass

• Temitope Dauda (Nigeria)

• Richard Banda (Malawi)

• Fen-hui Chen (Taiwan)

• Zhongyuan Ding (China)

• Rodolfo Vieto (Costa Rica)

• Will Maiden (United Kingdom)

• Romain Matile (France)

• Cherie Kearney (Columbia Land Trust)

• Steve Gretzinger (Greenwood Resources)

• Scott McClain

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