Gjornâl Furlan des SiencisFriulian Journal of Science

No. 15 (2011): GFS
RESEARCH ARTICLES

Payments for Ecosystem Services in favour of landscape and environmental resources

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  • STEFANIA TROIANO,
  • FRANCESCO MARANGON
STEFANIA TROIANO
Department of Economics e Statistics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
FRANCESCO MARANGON
Department of Economics e Statistics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.

Keywords

  • Ecosystem services,
  • incentives,
  • social benefits

How to Cite

[1]
TROIANO, S. and MARANGON, F. 2011. Payments for Ecosystem Services in favour of landscape and environmental resources. Friulian Journal of Science. 15, 15 (Jan. 2011), 69–77.

Abstract

The protection of landscape has been traditionally managed by the public administration through command and control instruments. This type of measures was not able to counteract the negative consequences deriving from the abandonment of rural areas. Moreover financial resources in favour of landscape and environmental protection have been decreasing over time. These two conditions have encouraged the development of alternative instrumentation, such as economic measures involving private participation, to support landscape and environmental resources. In this paper we try to understand if it is possible to create a market for ecosystem services deriving from landscape and environmental conservation. To do this we have considered the results of our previous studies on monetary and non-monetary environmental evaluation, which have helped us, on the one hand, to identify landscape features able to improve or to worsen landscape appearance and, on the other hand, to measure the willingness to pay of beneficiaries to maintain landscape and environment features. In order to understand if it is possible to increase social benefits by using market and economic instruments in favour of landscape and environmental resources conservation, we have analyzed the case of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). PES are economic instruments that can be used to support the conservation and improvement of ecosystem services. Following a description of this instrument, we discuss the opportunity to use it for the provision of some ecosystem services in Italy and in particular in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.

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