碳现金:为减少森林砍伐而支付生态系统服务的随机试验
Seema Jayachandran1, Joost de Laat2, Eric F Lambin3,4
1Department of Economics, Northwestern University, 2211 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. seema@northwestern.edu.
概括
乌干达的生态系统服务支付减少了超过一半的森林砍伐. 这种森林保护计划的成本效益是2.4倍.
科学领域:
- 环境经济学
- 林业科学
- 发展研究
背景情况:
- 森林退化是许多发展中国家的重大环境和经济问题.
- 生态系统服务支付 (PES) 越来越多地被视为一种保护机制.
- 乌干达面临着森林砍伐影响生计和碳排放的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估乌干达旨在保护森林的社会保障计划的有效性.
- 量化金融激励对家庭森林覆盖面的影响.
- 评估 PES 计划的成本效益,包括环境效益.
主要方法:
- 在乌干达121个村庄进行了一项随机对照试验.
- 60个村庄每年获得森林保护 (处理组) 的支付.
- 使用高分辨率卫星图像测量树木覆盖的变化.
主要成果:
- 治疗村庄的树木覆盖率下降了4.2%,远低于对照村庄的9.1%.
- 没有发现森林砍伐转移到邻近土地的证据.
- 这项计划的好处主要是延迟二氧化碳排放, 估计是成本的2.4倍.
结论:
- 在发展中国家减少森林砍伐的有效工具.
- 经济激励措施鼓励家庭保护森林.
- 乌干达的社会公益计划显示出投资回报,突出显示了其经济可行性.
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