This sounds like a very interesting project which I am sure will provide positive environmental and poverty elevation impact.
But I am a little unsure about the change of the traditional style of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) to this idea of Rewarding for Ecosystem Services.
Is not a rewarding ideology a little condescending, are we turning ourselves into the much wiser parent that rewards our child for good behaviour. Is this not falling into the old style of imperialistic conservation? Where we know what is best?
A payment treats the other as an equal. You have a service that we use, so we will pay you to maintain this service. A simple business agreement.
I feel there is little difference between PES & RES schemes aside from the choice of words of payment or reward. What appears to be a jump for novelty, I fear has landed in condescension.
This sounds like a very interesting project which I am sure will provide positive environmental and poverty elevation impact.
But I am a little unsure about the change of the traditional style of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) to this idea of Rewarding for Ecosystem Services.
Is not a rewarding ideology a little condescending, are we turning ourselves into the much wiser parent that rewards our child for good behaviour. Is this not falling into the old style of imperialistic conservation? Where we know what is best?
A payment treats the other as an equal. You have a service that we use, so we will pay you to maintain this service. A simple business agreement.
I feel there is little difference between PES & RES schemes aside from the choice of words of payment or reward. What appears to be a jump for novelty, I fear has landed in condescension.