Participation of ecosystem service providers in a watershed pes project in Tanzania: connection with the coasean perspectives
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Date
2017
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Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography
Abstract
The equitable payment for environmental service projects seem to have good objectives, but not so many
households participated in it. Limited empirical information surrounds the most Payment for Environmental Services
(PES) schemes with regard to which factors could influence the commitment of environmental service providers
to switch to improved land management practices. Are these factors stemming from the Coasean theorem? The
answer to this question is imperative as it paves way to more robust approach of PES implementation in Tanzania
and worldwide. This study therefore sought to explore the challenges which either, held back or threatened the
participation of ecosystem service providers in the Uluguru Mountains to the equitable payment for watershed
services scheme, linking them to the main treatise of the Coasean theorem. This study employed a partially mixed
concurrent dominant status design in which quantitative and qualitative approaches were used simultaneously, but
with the quantitative approach being dominant. The mixed-methods design brought together different strengths of
quantitative and qualitative methods, while offsetting the weaknesses of using a single method and expanding the
set of collected data.
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Keywords
Payment for Environmental Services (PES), Participation challenges, Equitable Payment for Watershed Services (EPWS), Coasean theorem
Citation
Mussa KR, Mjemah IC (2017) Participation of Ecosystem Service Providers in a Watershed PES Project in Tanzania: Connection with the Coasean Perspectives. J Ecosyst Ecography 7: 241. doi:10.4172/2157-7625.1000241