BEST PRACTICES |
- Involvement and negotiation with stakeholders (31) - Clearly identified property rights (25) - Technical and budgetary support to participants (16) - Strengthening trust, dialogue, and collaboration between scheme actors (18) - Clear definition of actors responsibility (8) - Financial arrangement (5) - Assessment of the complexity (e.g., presence of intermediaries) in transactions between user/beneficiary and provider (3) - Strengthening of organizations and institutions that participate in the scheme (3) - Equity regarding the participation of the actors involved (2) |
- Payments greater than provision costs (20) - Varying payments (14) - Payment method (i.e., payments made directly to the user or a group of owners) (4) - Updating opportunity cost values, payments, or investments in scheme infrastructure (3) - Duration of payment (3) - Sustainable financing for the scheme (2) - Assessment of the types of rewards (i.e., payments made in assets, services, and money, or in just one of these options) (2) - The use and perfecting of competitive price agreements (i.e., auctions and bids) (1) - Payments for building environmental assets instead of payments to prevent damage (1) - Payments without taking into account social criteria (1) |
- Voluntary participation (22) - Transparency of information in contracts (10) - Flexible and/or adaptable contracts (9) - Contract time (4) |
- Well-defined environmental services (25) - Additionality of the scheme (23) - Spatial segmentation (11) - Assessment of the willingness to participate of the actors involved (8) - Selection of areas to participate in the PES scheme, taking into account their ecological and/or threat level (i.e., of the ES) (7) - Assessment (with estimates) of the ES provision costs (2) - Assessment of the scheme results regarding its costs and benefits (1) |
- Monitoring of the delivery of the ES or their proxies (40) - Sanctioning the non-compliance with the provision of the ES or activity provided for in the contract (10) - Payment based on compliance with the contract (3) - Well-defined metrics for measuring the scheme performance (2) |
- Creation of means to promote greater equity (7) - Positive contribution to local livelihoods (6) - Scheme that encompasses more than one theme (e.g., environmental, social, economic), creating benefits in all these areas (1) |