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Actual provision as an alternative criterion to improve the efficiency of payments for ecosystem services for C sequestration in semiarid vineyards
Antonino GalatiLuciano GristinaAgata NovaraMaria CrescimannoSaskia Keesstrasubject
media_common.quotation_subjectMediterranean environment010501 environmental sciences01 natural sciencesEcosystem servicesSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleEconomicsAgro-environmental measuresStock (geology)0105 earth and related environmental sciencesmedia_commonEquity (economics)business.industryAgro-environmental measureEnvironmental resource management04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesSoil carbonEnvironmental economicsBodemfysica en LandbeheerPaymentPE&RCRural developmentSettore AGR/02 - Agronomia E Coltivazioni ErbaceeSoil c sequestrationSoil Physics and Land ManagementEcosystem service payments criteriaSoil carbon stock040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesAnimal Science and ZoologybusinessAgronomy and Crop Sciencedescription
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of the PES scheme actually used in the Sicilian rural development program, based on an egalitarian criterion, and proposing an alternative scheme in order to guarantee a greater equity and fairness of premium distribution in relation to soil carbon (C) sequestration potential. We, first, assessed the ecosystem services (ES) provided by agri-environmental measures (AEM) in terms of SOC stock increase in Sicilian vineyards. Based on these data we evaluated the efficiency of agro-environmental payments according to an egalitarian criterion and simulated the effects of the actual provision criterion adoption. Results showed that the adoption of an egalitarian criterion generates an inequitable distribution of agri-environmental payments, which could potentially be mitigated by a scheme such as actual provision. The latter, indeed, leads to a greater efficiency in the distribution of financial resources among land users and offers a higher premium to land users that, by adopting an agro-environmental practice, contribute to increase soil C sequestration.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-01 |