Payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? A case of forest dispute in Muonio, Northern Finland
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have emerged as new promising governance tools for enhancing sustainable use of natural resources. This article looks at the Muonio forestry dispute where local tourism entrepreneurs and the municipality paid compensations for the Finnish state forestry enterpri...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0443052c6337499cb0c4bd4c72f206ab 2023-05-15T17:13:26+02:00 Payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? A case of forest dispute in Muonio, Northern Finland Simo Sarkki 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/0443052c6337499cb0c4bd4c72f206ab EN FI eng fin The Geographical Society of Northern Finland https://nordia.journal.fi/article/view/75954 https://doaj.org/toc/1238-2086 https://doaj.org/toc/2736-9722 1238-2086 2736-9722 https://doaj.org/article/0443052c6337499cb0c4bd4c72f206ab Nordia Geographical Publications, Vol 40, Iss 4 (2011) Geography (General) G1-922 article 2011 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T09:51:43Z Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have emerged as new promising governance tools for enhancing sustainable use of natural resources. This article looks at the Muonio forestry dispute where local tourism entrepreneurs and the municipality paid compensations for the Finnish state forestry enterprise to not log in state-owned commercial forests. The case also illustrates some more general challenges with PES. Firstly, paying compensations for somebody not to deteriorate ecosystem services is problematic for environmental and sometimes also social sustainability. Secondly, the valuations on which the Payments are based are often biased. Thirdly, the diffusion of benefits from ecosystem services to actors at various scales is difficult to grasp with monetary estimations. Fourthly, there is a challenge to incorporate future costs and benefits to the valuations. If these challenges are not resolved, PES schemes might blind us from the variety of complexities and equity issues behind the use and governance of ecosystem services. Article in Journal/Newspaper Muonio Northern Finland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Muonio ENVELOPE(23.833,23.833,67.833,67.833) |
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Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have emerged as new promising governance tools for enhancing sustainable use of natural resources. This article looks at the Muonio forestry dispute where local tourism entrepreneurs and the municipality paid compensations for the Finnish state forestry enterprise to not log in state-owned commercial forests. The case also illustrates some more general challenges with PES. Firstly, paying compensations for somebody not to deteriorate ecosystem services is problematic for environmental and sometimes also social sustainability. Secondly, the valuations on which the Payments are based are often biased. Thirdly, the diffusion of benefits from ecosystem services to actors at various scales is difficult to grasp with monetary estimations. Fourthly, there is a challenge to incorporate future costs and benefits to the valuations. If these challenges are not resolved, PES schemes might blind us from the variety of complexities and equity issues behind the use and governance of ecosystem services. |
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Payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? A case of forest dispute in Muonio, Northern Finland |
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Payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? A case of forest dispute in Muonio, Northern Finland |
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Payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? A case of forest dispute in Muonio, Northern Finland |
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Payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? A case of forest dispute in Muonio, Northern Finland |
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Payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? A case of forest dispute in Muonio, Northern Finland |
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payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? a case of forest dispute in muonio, northern finland |
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The Geographical Society of Northern Finland |
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