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Payments for Ecosystem Services, a Civil Law Focus
August 2009, Antonio Andaluz Westreicher
In June, a new book by Dr. Antonio Andaluz Westreicher titled “Payments for Ecosystem Services, a Civil Law Focus” was presented at an official ceremony that took place at the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID, Spanish acronym).
Diego Gutierrez Gronemann, who wrote the prologue and is also the executive director of the Bolivian Society for Environmental Law, the organization that sponsored the book, commended the author for highlighting the links between climate change issues and environmental law. Beyond simply describing a reality, he noted, Andaluz Westreicher presents a solution to the legal uncertainties that exist in ecosystem service transactions.
The book moves beyond the fact-based, voluntary nature of ecosystem service transactions, frames them in legal contractual terms, and incorporates them into the framework of existing legal systems. Gutierrez Gronemann pointed out that these themes are relevant at the national and international level and should be debated by institutions, individuals, and agencies that work with and for the environment.
To read more: http://www.sbda.org.bo/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/La-Compensaciã³n-por-Servicios-Ambientales-2.pdf
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