Legal framework for payments for forest ecosystem services in the Czech Republic

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Legal framework for payments for forest ecosystem services in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Although examples of payments for ecosystem services (PES) can be traced back at least as far as the 1980?s, it is still a relatively new instrument, and the hitherto experience in many parts of the world is not extensive yet, or based on a very long timeframe. In addition, PES is being introduced in more and more sectors (agriculture, water supply, carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, etc.) and in relation to more and more ecosystems (surface water, groundwater, forest, etc.). But such PEScan work only with good governance in place, comprising an effective political, legislative as well as institutional system. Nevertheless, an effective introduction of PES system into national legislation calls for an appropriate analysis of the currentlegal system so that duplications can be excluded and only valuable measures can be added. The main goal of this paper is to analyze if the current legal framework of the Czech Republic provides an appropriate basis for establishing payme

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/QH71296" target="_blank" >QH71296: System of valuation of socio-economic importance of forest functions including criteria and indicators of multifunctional forest management</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Forest Science

ISSN

1212-4834

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Volume of the periodical

58

Issue of the periodical within the volume

58

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

131-136

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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