This paper evaluates a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) program in western Uganda that offered forest … which received the program for two years. The PES program reduced deforestation and forest degradation: Tree cover, measured …

This paper evaluates a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) program in western Uganda that offered forest … which received the program for two years. The PES program reduced deforestation and forest degradation: Tree cover, measured …

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are a widely used approach for forest conservation through which people are paid … deforestation by 41% compared to the traditional contract. This extra conservation occurs despite the full-enrollment provision …