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This report describes the efforts of the Poplar River First Nation (PRFN) to implement Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) to support the conservation of its traditional territory and develop a sustainable forest-based economy.

This policy brief describes a social marketing 'Pride' campaign implemented by Rare and Cáritas-Peru in the Quanda Watershed of northern Peru. The initiative aimed to establish locally-governed water institutions known as Reciprocal Water Agreements to protect upstream forests and biodiversity through a system of reciprocity between upstream farmers and downstream water users.

This briefing describes a CDKN-funded project (RSGL 0024e) running from April 2012 to March 2014 with a value of £490,248. The project aims to integrate climate compatible development (CCD) perspectives into Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and Andean Reciprocal watershed Agreements (ARA) by combining the strengths of top-down national schemes and bottom-up local initiatives.

This report by the World Resources Institute analyzes the access of Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPs and LCs) to payments for ecosystem services (PES) based on a review of 129 programs across 36 countries and a case study in Guatemala. It identifies systemic barriers to equitable participation and provides a multi-tiered framework of recommendations to improve rights recognition, representation, and financial benefits for these communities.