Improving environmental and social targeting through adaptive management in Mexico's payments for hydrological services program.

摘要: Natural resource managers are often expected to achieve both environmental protection and economic development even when there fundamental trade-offs between these goals. Adaptive manage- ment provides a theoretical structure for program administrators balance social priorities in the presence of improve conservation targeting. We used case Mexico's federal Payments Hydrological Services (PSAH) illustrate importance adaptive management improving documented elements PSAH corresponding changes el- igibility selection criteria. To evaluate whether resulted enrollment lands high priority, we compared characteristics areas enrolled with all forested Mexico, eligible program, submitted application program. The successfully ecological over time, program's criteria eligibility led increased land scoring on dimensions. Three factors facilitated Mexico likely be generally important managers: supportive political environment, including financial backing encouragement experiment from government; availability relatively good data; active participation review process by stakeholders outside evaluators.