Report on the Latin American Regional Workshop on Compensation for Environmental Services and Poverty Alleviation in Latin America, April 26-28, 2006, Quito, Ecuador

Abstract

The World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, together with Forest Trends, Washington DC, The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, Corporación Grupo Randi Randi, Quito, Ecuador, the African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya, the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Bangalore, India, and the United Nations Environment Programme – Division for Environmental Conventions, Nairobi, Kenya, is leading a scoping study for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC-Canada) on the model of payments for environmental services (PES) as applied in developing countries, to determine how the poor are affected by these schemes and whether the schemes are compatible with poverty reduction objectives. // As part of the study, CGRR, together with Forest Trends and IUCN, were responsible for organizing a Latin American workshop on PES and poverty. The workshop was held in Quito, Ecuador, April 26-28, 2006. This report covers the organization and planning process of the workshop. It includes summaries of all presentations made as well as summaries of the case studies presented by international participants. A synthesis of the current situation and trends in the region concerning PES and poverty is presented and followed by conclusions and recommendations proposed by workshop participants.