Saving the baby while discarding the bathwater: the application of policy coherence for development analysis to payment for watershed services
One of the most debated tools for the implementation of sustainable development is “payment for ecosystem services”, of which “payment for watershed services” (PWS) is one of the most developed. While proponents argue that such payments provide market value to the services that ecosystems provide fo...
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| description | One of the most debated tools for the implementation of sustainable development is “payment for ecosystem services”, of which “payment for watershed services” (PWS) is one of the most developed. While proponents argue that such payments provide market value to the services that ecosystems provide for development, opponents claim that this approach commodifies the environment and promotes inequalities. This article presents an analysis of PWS programs by applying methodologies based on policy coherence for development (PCD), defined as a policy tool aimed at eliminating incoherence within sustainable development strategies that undermine their effectiveness as well as between such strategies and other policy arenas, which are also considered harmful to sustainability. By employing a PCD methodology, the article aims to identify policy mechanisms that undermine PWS programs so that stakeholders can make adjustments, thus, metaphorically ensuring that “the baby” (PWS) is not discarded with “the bathwater” (policy incoherence for sustainable development). |
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| spelling | oai:oai.myb.ojs.inecol.mx:article-17602022-11-29T22:44:45Z Saving the baby while discarding the bathwater: the application of policy coherence for development analysis to payment for watershed services Salvar al bebé mientras se descarga el agua de la bañera: aplicación del análisis de coherencia de políticas para el desarrollo en el pago por servicios de cuencas hidrográficas Koff, Harlan Maganda, Carmen Antigua river basin Mexico payment for ecosystem services (PES) payment for watershed services (PWS) policy coherence for development (PCD) Veracruz cuenca del río Antigua México pago servicios ecosistémicos pago por servicios de cuenpor cas coherencia de políticas para el desarrollo Veracruz One of the most debated tools for the implementation of sustainable development is “payment for ecosystem services”, of which “payment for watershed services” (PWS) is one of the most developed. While proponents argue that such payments provide market value to the services that ecosystems provide for development, opponents claim that this approach commodifies the environment and promotes inequalities. This article presents an analysis of PWS programs by applying methodologies based on policy coherence for development (PCD), defined as a policy tool aimed at eliminating incoherence within sustainable development strategies that undermine their effectiveness as well as between such strategies and other policy arenas, which are also considered harmful to sustainability. By employing a PCD methodology, the article aims to identify policy mechanisms that undermine PWS programs so that stakeholders can make adjustments, thus, metaphorically ensuring that “the baby” (PWS) is not discarded with “the bathwater” (policy incoherence for sustainable development). Una de las herramientas más debatidas para la implementación del desarrollo sostenible es el "pago por servicios ecosistémicos", de los cuales el "pago por servicios de cuencas hidrográficas" (PWS, por sus siglas en inglés) es uno de los más desarrollados. Autores a favor argumentan que tales pagos proporcionan valor de mercado a los servicios que los ecosistemas brindan para el desarrollo, pero los opositores afirman que este enfoque mercantiliza el ambiente y promueve las desigualdades. Este artículo presenta un análisis de los programas de PWS mediante la aplicación de metodologías basadas en la coherencia de políticas para el desarrollo (PCD), definida como una herramienta de políticas dirigida a eliminar la incoherencia en las estrategias de desarrollo sostenible que socavan su efectividad, así como entre dichas estrategias y otras áreas de políticas, que también se consideran perjudiciales para la sostenibilidad. Al emplear la metodología de PCD, este trabajo apunta a identificar los mecanismos de políticas que socavan los programas de PWS para que las partes interesadas puedan realizar ajustes, asegurando metafóricamente que "el bebé" (PWS) no se vaya por el desagüe junto con el “agua de la bañera" (metáfora de una política incoherente para el desarrollo sostenible). Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2019-12-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf application/xml https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/e2531760 10.21829/myb.2019.2531760 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 25 No. 3 (2019): Otoño 2019 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 25 Núm. 3 (2019): Otoño 2019 2448-7597 1405-0471 eng https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/e2531760/1998 https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/e2531760/2031 Derechos de autor 2019 Madera y Bosques |
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| title | Saving the baby while discarding the bathwater: the application of policy coherence for development analysis to payment for watershed services |
| title_full | Saving the baby while discarding the bathwater: the application of policy coherence for development analysis to payment for watershed services |
| title_fullStr | Saving the baby while discarding the bathwater: the application of policy coherence for development analysis to payment for watershed services |
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| title_short | Saving the baby while discarding the bathwater: the application of policy coherence for development analysis to payment for watershed services |
| title_sort | saving the baby while discarding the bathwater: the application of policy coherence for development analysis to payment for watershed services |
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