Ecosystem Service Commodification
Lessons from California
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12754289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marissa Schmitz (National Institute of Food and Agriculture, corresponding author), Erin Kelly (0000-0001-6920-7366), Erin Clover Kelly (0000-0003-1030-7316, National Institute of Food and Agriculture) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 90-110 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1526-3800 • E-ISSN: 1536-0091 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/glep_a_00374 |
| OpenAlex | W2532253347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 25 |
In 2013 the state of California launched a cap-and-trade program with a groundbreaking protocol for improved forest management (IFM), providing a framework to monetize carbon sequestration in managed forests. Through in-depth interviews and document review, this research examines California's IFM program development as a case study in stakeholder-engaged ecosystem commodification. We consider how diverse, vested-interest actors contested rival program design options by using the familiar narratives of ecological modernization, green governmentality, and civic environmentalism. The results reveal the benefits and complexities of delegating methodological design to stakeholders who seek direct participation in the market, and highlight the challenges of balancing multiple program objectives, including environmental benefits, legitimacy and market reception, and landowner participation potential. This research provides a unique window into the complex process of forest-offset program design and offers broader lessons for ecosystem markets currently being designed and implemented globally
Business · Commodification · Ecological modernization · Economics · Economy · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Legitimacy · Political science · Public relations · Stakeholder · Sustainable development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Conservation and Management · Forest Management and Policy · Ecology
Between the Global Commodity Boom and Subnational State Capacities
State-level forestry policies across the US
Forest offsets and the California compliance market
What influences the implementation of natural climate solutions? A systematic map and review of the evidence
How politics shapes the outcomes of forest carbon finance
The governance of forest carbon in a subnational climate mitigation system
A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests
Taking stock
Institutional dimensions of Payments for Ecosystem Services
Barriers to Massachusetts forest landowner participation in carbon markets
UNFCCC negotiations (pre-Kyoto to COP-9)
Planting Trees to Mitigate Climate Change
An assessment of forest landowner interest in selling forest carbon credits in the Lake States, USA
The history of ecosystem services in economic theory and practice
Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice
Standardizing sustainable development? The Forest Stewardship Council’s plantation policy review process as neoliberal environmental governance
Why are there so few afforestation and reforestation Clean Development Mechanism projects
Who Governs, at What Scale and at What Price? Geography, Environmental Governance, and the Commodification of Nature
Accumulation by Decarbonization and the Governance of Carbon Offsets
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |