Association Forêt Méditerranéenne, 14 rue Louis Astouin, 13002 MARSEILLE, France (FRA)
Abstract
In the Mediterranean region, policy makers and forest managers are seeking for policy instruments to fill the gap between financial and economic profitability in forest management. This paper reviews these policy instruments focusing on the market-based instruments and specifically on payments for environmental service (PES). We focus on the implementation problems of PES schemes looking at barriers and opportunities offered to their development in the Mediterranean region