Payment for Environmental Services - An Example of Sustainable Management

Abstract

The payment for environmental services presents itself as a potential instrument that promotes the sustainable development, which contributes to the preservation of nature in order to keep the maintenance of environmental services performed by nature, which is fundamental to human beings. This work aims to review the PES in order to give an overview of the difference of this management system in relation to control systems and an introduction to the main systems currently implemented. It is clear by the described programs in this revision that most of them still rely on resources from the public administration, especially those cases implanted in Brazil. They are still relevant, necessary in several regions; however, they still face problems as to financial resources and still need to be dependent on the public resources to raise money. Thus, programs that do not need help from public resources could carry out an implantation of PES. Through the data presented, it is clear that the programs for the environment can be applicable in any regions. The maintainer can be public, private or a consortium between both and the goals desired by the property owners must be clear and objective.