Payments for Ecosystem Services: A Matter of Collective Action?

Abstract

"In our paper, we will focus on the question: If and how the ES concept can enrich not only purely market-based governance concepts, but also inspires hybrid governance solutions that unite PES with collective action and also consider hierarchical legal constraints. To do so, we look at the three relevant arenas where cooperation seems to be very crucial for PES: i) collective action among all relevant actors who are potential providers of needed ES on the supply side, ii) collective action among actors who are the potential beneficiaries of the provided ES on the demand side, and iii) collective action among all concerned actors for the mutual development and implementing of a PES that brings together the supply and demand side."