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Transitioning farm bill programs to a payment for ecosystem services approach

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dc.contributor.authorHeimlich, Ralph E., author
dc.contributor.authorToombs, Ted, author
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T06:01:42Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T06:01:42Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionPresented at the Bridging the gap: collaborative conservation from the ground up conference, September 8-11, 2009, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, sponsored by the Center for Collaborative Conservation, https://collaborativeconservation.org/. This conference brought together people with experience working collaboratively to achieve both conservation and livelihood goals in tribal nations, rangelands, forests, watersheds, agricultural lands, and urban areas. Ted Toombs is affiliated with Environmental Defense Fund, Center for Conservation Incentives. Ralph Heimlich is affiliated with Agricultural Conservation Economics (ACE).
dc.description.abstractFarm bill programs currently provide a "pseudo-market" for conservation where a contract between the public and the government (the farm bill) is intermediated by the USDA. In this pseudo market, the USDA provides payments for management practices, which can lead to ecosystem service benefits. But, it does not currently pay directly for the ecosystem service benefits themselves. The goal of this presentation is to highlight considerations for USDA and private landowners (ranchers in particular) if USDA were to transition to a PES approach. I contrast the current system with a PES, and illustrate that significant differences might emerge in the size and character of the "markets" under each scenario. Many difficult questions would need to be addressed to determine how the profitability of a ranch would potentially be affected by a switch to a PES approach.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumPresentation slides
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/34423
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25675/10217/34423
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofBridging the Gap Conference
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dc.subjectUSDA
dc.subjectPES
dc.subjectrangeland ecosystem services
dc.subjectpayment for ecosystem services
dc.subjectfarm bill programs
dc.subjectUnited States Department of Agriculture
dc.titleTransitioning farm bill programs to a payment for ecosystem services approach
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