These proceedings are a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Payments for Ecological Services convened in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in September 2009 to support eco-compensation programs in China.
December 2010: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has published a collection of papers titled “Payments for Ecological Services and Eco-Compensation: Practices and Innovations in the People’s Republic of China.” These papers feature case studies and examples of payment for ecosystem services.
The papers portray new approaches to environmental management, through a wide array of policy and program innovations under the broad heading of eco-compensation. The papers also show the emerging policy debates regarding the extent to which beneficiaries should pay, and the providers should be compensated, for the provision of natural resources and environmental services to promote sustainable, balanced growth. These proceedings are a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Payments for Ecological Services convened in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in September 2009 to support eco-compensation programs in the country. [The Publication]