For the compensation for environmental services: a new scenario protection and valorisation of natural resources

Authors

  • Antonio Waldimir Leopoldino da Silva
  • Gilberto Montibeller-Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35977/0104-1096.cct2011.v28.16068

Abstract

Compensation for Environmental Services (CES) is a (monetary or otherwise) retribution to voluntary human activities of maintenance or enhancement of ecosystems that create conditions essential to life on Earth. Based on a theoretical review, this paper aims to present the conceptual framework and to examine assumptions and controversies surrounding CES as a mechanism for preserving the ecosystem. The proposed analysis shows that CES presents a two-sided living reality. On the one hand, numerous CES experiences show positive ecological results, including the stakeholders’ increased environmental awareness. On the other hand, CES has yet to move forward to meet some technical and political demands. In order for CES to become permanente and effective, it must be constituted as a national public policy (including the corresponding legal basis) and rely on the state as its main sponsor. In rural areas, where CES finds greater adherence, the agricultural production and the provision of environmental services are not competitive or mutually exclusive activities. Rather, they are complementary and synergistic options.

Author Biographies

Antonio Waldimir Leopoldino da Silva

Engenheiro-agrônomo, Mestre em Zootecnia, professor da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (Udesc
– Chapecó, SC), doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (PPGEGC/UFSC), Rua João Pio Duarte Silva, 864, ap. 21, Bairro Córrego Grande, CEP 88037-001 Florianópolis, SC.

Gilberto Montibeller-Filho

Economista, Doutor em Ciências Humanas, Sociedade e Ambiente, professor do Programa de Pós-
Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, da Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (PPGCA/Unesc), e do
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento, da Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina (PPGEGC/UFSC), Campus Universitário Reitor João David Ferreira Lima, Bairro Trindade, CEP 88040-970 Florianópolis, SC.

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Published

2011-09-09

How to Cite

Leopoldino da Silva, A. W., & Montibeller-Filho, G. (2011). For the compensation for environmental services: a new scenario protection and valorisation of natural resources. Science & Technology Journals, 28(3), 697–719. https://doi.org/10.35977/0104-1096.cct2011.v28.16068

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 3 (2011)

Section

Artigos

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