payment schemes for ecosystem services like carbon credits:

• Table of Contents

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

•   - Background on climate change and the role of carbon sinks   - Overview of Payment for Ecosystem Services approaches   - Research objectives and questions

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

•   - The economics of ecosystem services and environmental valuation   - Case studies of existing carbon credit programs   - Challenges and lessons learned from PES programs globally

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• Carbon Sequestration Potential   - Local ecosystem carbon stocks and fluxes   - Land use activities that impact carbon storage   - Estimating additionality of improved land management practices

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

• Program Design   - Defining eligible land types, practices and carbon methodologies   - Establishing baselines, additionality and permanence requirements   - Financial mechanisms, transaction costs and program governance

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• Stakeholder Engagement   - Identifying and engaging key stakeholders from government, industry, NGOs   - Assessing stakeholder interests, concerns and potential roles and responsibilities   - Designing an outreach and consultation strategy