Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) incentivize landowners or communities to conserve natural resources by compensating them for maintaining or enhancing ecosystem services. Evaluate.
Kartavya Desk Staff
Topic: geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
Topic: geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
1. Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) incentivize landowners or communities to conserve natural resources by compensating them for maintaining or enhancing ecosystem services. Evaluate. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Tough
Reference: Down to Earth , Insights on India
Why the question: Incentives for biodiversity protection and sustainable use include biodiversity-relevant taxes, fees, levies, tradeable permits, and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). Key Demand of the question: To write about PES, its role in conserving biodiversity and its feasibility in India. Directive word: Evaluate – When you are asked to evaluate, you have to pass a sound judgement about the truth of the given statement in the question or the topic based on evidence. You must appraise the worth of the statement in question. There is scope for forming an opinion here. Structure of the answer: Introduction: Begin by defining PES. Body: First, write about the various components of PES which ensures conservation of biodiversity – fosters community conservation by providing economic benefits, empowering local stakeholders, supporting livelihoods, promoting social equity, and contributing to sustainable development. Next, write about the feasibility of PES in India – its pros and cons with respect to India socio-political set up. Conclusion: Conclude with a way forward.
Why the question:
Incentives for biodiversity protection and sustainable use include biodiversity-relevant taxes, fees, levies, tradeable permits, and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES).
Key Demand of the question:
To write about PES, its role in conserving biodiversity and its feasibility in India.
Directive word:
Evaluate – When you are asked to evaluate, you have to pass a sound judgement about the truth of the given statement in the question or the topic based on evidence. You must appraise the worth of the statement in question. There is scope for forming an opinion here.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by defining PES.
First, write about the various components of PES which ensures conservation of biodiversity – fosters community conservation by providing economic benefits, empowering local stakeholders, supporting livelihoods, promoting social equity, and contributing to sustainable development.
Next, write about the feasibility of PES in India – its pros and cons with respect to India socio-political set up.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.