Non-mandatory economic instruments for conservation: an outlook on their emergence and evolution in Mexico/Instrumentos económicos voluntarios para la conservación: una mirada a su surgimiento y evolución en México /Instrumentos economicos voluntarios para a conservacao: um olhar para seu surgimento e evolucao no Mexico

• Published in: Sociedad y economía no. 25; pp. 75 - 105
• Main Authors: Rodriguez R., Karla Juliana, Foucat, Sophie Avila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Valle 01.07.2013
• Subjects: México
• ISSN: 1657-6357

Environmental policy in Mexico has been based on non-mandatory economic instruments such as Forest Management Certification (FQ and Payment for Environmental Services (PES) as a strategy to advance in natural resources conservation. The analysis of the evolution of these public policy instruments allows understanding the context in which they were designed and implemented, which is useful to redesign or evaluate them. Thus, this article presents an analysis of the emergence, evolution and current trends after two decades of FC and one decade of PES creation. The semi-structured interviews show that although international policies have been one of the most important causes for the emergence of these instruments, their evolution and tendencies have been relatively well consolidated through national public policy. The main challenges ahead are to strengthen trade policies (in the case of FC) and to overcome the discussion between efficiency and equity (in the case of PES).