Payments for Ecosystem Services: A California Rancher Perspective

This report presents the results of a survey of California rancher’s perspectives, knowledge, and preferences for current and prospective resource conservation programs based on incentives for conserving or restoring ecosystem services. This information is a first step in determining the structure and features that a potential PES program or market in California could embody.

Cheatum, M., F. Casey, P. Alvarez and B. Parkhurst. 2011. Payments for Ecosystem Services: A California
Rancher Perspective. Conservation Economics White Paper. Conservation Economics and Finance
Program. Washington, DC: Defenders of Wildlife. 65pp

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