Exploring the economic discourse on market-based instruments for ecosystem services.

Geraldine Froger (1) , Philippe Méral (2) , Jean-François Le Coq (3) , Armelle Caron (4) , Olivier Aznar (4)

1 Cemotev - Centre d'études sur la mondialisation, les conflits, les territoires et les vulnérabilités
2 GRED - Gouvernance, Risque, Environnement, Développement
3 UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement
4 UMR METAFORT - Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the market-based instruments applied to ecosystem services, along with their potentials and risks as regards sustainability requirements. It seems necessary beforehand to take another look at the different interpretations of the ecosystem services concept within the economics field, in order to more effectively analyse its politicization through the promotion of market-based instruments generally assimilated to payments for environmental services systems (Pagiola et al., 2004; Wunder 2005). The merits and limitations of such assimilation are discussed taking the case of environmental certification systems.

Keywords: Ecosystem service

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Environmental and Society; Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance; Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology

Geraldine Froger, Philippe Méral, Jean-François Le Coq, Armelle Caron, Olivier Aznar. Exploring the economic discourse on market-based instruments for ecosystem services.. Beyond Efficiency. Exploring the Political and Institutional Dimensions of Market-based Instruments for Ecosystem Services, International Workshop, Mar 2012, Berlin, Germany. 9p. ⟨hal-00979651⟩