Payments for Ecosystems / Environmental Services (PES)

8 entries

The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Shaking the money pot to protect nature

Ina Porras
25 July 2017

Hilsa fish at a wholesaler fish market in Dhaka (Photo: Ina Porras/IIED)

The hilsa fishing ban: good for the fish, but good for the fisher?

Ina Porras
28 February 2017

New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum

Ina Porras
02 November 2016

Seeds collected from a farm in Chiapas, Mexico, for replanting and use in traditional medicine. (Photo: Ina Porras)

Conditional transfers for poverty reduction and ecosystem management

2015 - 2016

Villagers dig out a silted up water tank, paid for by India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Photo: Mackay Savage, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)

Finding solutions for less poverty and better ecosystems

Ina Porras
15 December 2015

Bowls full of hilsa placed on a table

Investing in hilsa fishery as economic infrastructure for Bangladesh

March 2015 - December 2016

Fishermen hauling in nets near the Kenyan coastal town of Shimoni (Photo: Anna Kika via Flickr)

Can we save our fisheries with lessons from our forests?

Annabelle Bladon
27 November 2014

Bangladeshi man stands next to a woman who is working on a sewing machine

Protecting ecosystems and livelihoods in Bangladesh

09 October 2014

The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Shaking the money pot to protect nature

Insight, 25 July 2017

Hilsa fish at a wholesaler fish market in Dhaka (Photo: Ina Porras/IIED)

The hilsa fishing ban: good for the fish, but good for the fisher?

Insight, 28 February 2017

New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum

Insight, 02 November 2016

Seeds collected from a farm in Chiapas, Mexico, for replanting and use in traditional medicine. (Photo: Ina Porras)

Conditional transfers for poverty reduction and ecosystem management

Archived Project

Villagers dig out a silted up water tank, paid for by India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Photo: Mackay Savage, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)

Finding solutions for less poverty and better ecosystems

Insight, 15 December 2015

Bowls full of hilsa placed on a table

Investing in hilsa fishery as economic infrastructure for Bangladesh

Archived Project

Fishermen hauling in nets near the Kenyan coastal town of Shimoni (Photo: Anna Kika via Flickr)

Can we save our fisheries with lessons from our forests?

Insight, 27 November 2014

Bangladeshi man stands next to a woman who is working on a sewing machine

Protecting ecosystems and livelihoods in Bangladesh

Article, 09 October 2014

A shoal of fish; marine issues were among the focus of the international seminar

International seminar to demonstrate economic value of marine and coastal ecosystem services

News, 04 September 2014

Costa Rica's Peñas Blancas Reservoir is the focus of work involving payments for ecosystem services (Photo: Dr Ina Porras)

Payments for ecosystem services: We can't leave people out of the equation

Insight, 28 March 2014