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Assessment of Payment for Ecosystem Services in Zomba Mountain Forest Catchment Area, Malawi
Author(s)
Willie Sagona1, Paxie Chirwa2, Thokozani Kanyerere3 and Herbert Jenya1
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5263/2016.06.003
Affiliation(s)
1. Forestry Research Institute of Malawi, Kufa Road, Zomba 270, Malawi
2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Hartfield 0028, South Africa
3.Department of Earth Science, University of Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7535, Republic of South Africa
ABSTRACT
The emergence of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) concept has raised
expectations that ecosystem conservation can be achieved through popular
payments rather than through unpopular measures of command and control. A study
on PES was conducted in Zomba Mountain Forest (ZMF) catchment area in southern
Malawi between August and December 2009. The aim was to assess stakeholders’
role that would promote payment for ecosystem services as a management tool. A purposive sampling
was used to identify the respondents who were randomly sampled for interviews.
The findings show that PES can be used as a management tool in ZMF as there are
key stakeholders who benefit from the catchment area in terms of services.
While there is moderate level of PES awareness among the community and other
stakeholders, the current forest policy does not address PES which may derail
implementation of a fully fledged PES arrangement. The study revealed that
existing management challenges originate from inadequate funding that ZMF
Reserve gets from government. However, this challenge offers opportunities to
stakeholders through PES to contribute and participate in conserving ZMF for sustained
flow of benefits.
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KEYWORDS
Conservation, forest catchment, management, Payment for Ecosystem Services, stakeholders’ role.
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