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RESEARCH PRODUCT
PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY
Salvatore TudiscaMario FoderàFilippo SgroiRiccardo SquatritoRiccardo TestaAnna Maria Di Trapanisubject
Sustainable developmentEcologybusiness.industryNatural resource economicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectEnvironmental resource managementForest managementPayment for Environmental Services Forest Multifunctionality BiodiversityPayment systemPaymentPollutionEcosystem servicesGoods and servicesSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleSustainabilityBusinessExternalitymedia_commondescription
Over the last years the interest in environmental s ervices provided by forests has considerably grow. This situation, in developed countries, derive from risi ng demand of new goods and services tied to landsca pe use and leisure activities. These can be considered such as no woody products and they represent externalities produced by forest that, if suitably utilized, could produce value for the area and earn ings for people living near forests. From an economic point of view, at the aim of providing these services, it is necessary the introduction of a suitable payment sy stem or, in alternative, a situation in which posit ive externalities of landscape, in sync with other good s/services, are offered to consumers. In this conte xt, forest conservation and management assume a very important role, especially when public administration allocates decreasing funds to environment resources . In this paper it has been analyzed how positive externalities provided from forest, by means of an appropriate payment system and considering the integration with surrounding area, can contribute t o the value creation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-01 | American Journal of Environmental Sciences |