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More than just linking the nodes: civil society actors as intermediaries in the design and implementation of payments for ecosystem services – the case of a blue carbon project in Costa Rica.

verfasst von
Barbara Schröter, Bettina Matzdorf, Isabel Hackenberg, Jennifer Hauck
Abstract

While in many cases the benefits of ecosystem services (ES) can be enjoyed on different scales, the provision of ES requires engagement and commitment at the local scale. Therefore, the local level becomes important when thinking about compensation schemes or payments for ecosystem services (PES) as an approach to managing ES. The difficult task of bringing together different actors and institutions at different scales for specific conservation projects at the local level often remains in the hands of intermediaries. In this paper, we investigate the role of a civil society organisation (CSO) as an intermediary organisation in a PES scheme, the Community Blue Carbon Project (CBCP) in Costa Rica. To assess the role of intermediaries in a PES scheme, we rely on social network analysis and examine the position and role of the intermediary organisation. Based on Net-Map interviews, which is an interview-based mapping tool that helps people understand, visualise, discuss and improve situations in which many different actors influence outcomes, we find that the intermediary organisation in the CBCP is composed of several institutional and individual intermediaries who create both formal networks for connecting the international to the local level and informal networks for creating trusting relationships among the actors. Different spatial levels are reflected within the CSO’s organisational structure, and the CSO mitigates the distributional, procedural, recognition and contextual aspects of environmental justice.

Externe Organisation(en)
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.
Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt
CoKnow Consulting - Coproducing Knowledge for Sustainability
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Local Environment
Band
23
Seiten
635-651
Anzahl der Seiten
17
Publikationsdatum
09.04.2018
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Management, Monitoring, Politik und Recht
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2018.1460808 (Zugang: Geschlossen)