The ePEStemology database: a meta-analysis of 15 years of research on knowledge claims of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Universiteit Antwerpen
Gert Van Hecken, Vijay Krishnan Kolinjivadi, Bilal Tabaichount, Céline Jacob, Charlène Kermagoret, Brian E. Robinson, Jérôme Dupras
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are a leading conservation finance tool to encourage land-users to deliver ecosystem services in exchange for financial incentives (Blundo-Canto et al., 2018; Kaiser et al., 2021; Salzman et al., 2018; Schomers and Matzdorf, 2013). They have generated considerable interest over the past two decades, following the publication of the UN’s Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA, 2005). Yet, there has been a dearth of analysis that reveals the outcomes and evolution of the PES research body itself, with most studies having a very specific or limited focus on ...