Wilkinson, K. (2014) Payment for Ecosystem Services and the Green Economy: Green Washing or Something New? Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 5 (2). pp. 168-191. ISSN 1759-7188
Abstract
Using an ecofeminist critical analysis, this paper examines the extent to which two forest-related ‘payments for ecosystem services’ (PES) schemes maintain a mainstream anti-nature and exploitative conceptualization of human/nature relationships. It does so by integrating various ecofeminist themes to analyse the two PES schemes and to assess the extent to which they can protect women and nature while marketizing and commodifying the environment. The author examines the justifications for integrating PES into a green economy, including the proposed benefits resulting from the implementation of PES, and safeguards ensuring the inclusion and participation of local communities. The author concludes that an ecofeminist examination highlights the inherently exploitative nature of PES and its continuation of the currently exploitative free market paradigm.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Human Rights and the Environment. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | ecofeminism; green economy; payment for ecosystem services; ecosystems; environment; capitalism; free market; economics; REDDES; REDD+; UNFCCC; ITTO; forests, natural resources, gender, participation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2016 11:58 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2017 19:59 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2014.03.04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.4337/jhre.2014.03.04 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94126 |