Abstract

IBARROLA IRALA, Ana María Karhenina et al. Proposal for Payment for Environmental Services in the San Rafael Tekoha Guasu Reserve, Paraguay. Investig. Agrar. [online]. 2024, vol.26, n.2, pp.90-101. ISSN 2305-0683.  https://doi.org/10.18004/investig.agrar.2024.diciembre.2602824.

In 1992, the Paraguayan State declared a territory in the southeastern part of the country as a protected area, identified at the time as a site of high conservation value. The 78,000 hectares declared, today known as the San Rafael Tekoha Guasu Reserve, included extensive ancestral territories and private properties. San Rafael Tekoha Guasu is considered one of the most important conservation challenges in the country, where processes of degradation have been recorded, characterized by different illicit activities and conflicting objectives. As an alternative solution to the problem, Payment for Environmental Services (PES) mechanisms are proposed, in order to generate economic incentives for those owners who have opted for conservation, this being the general objective of the research. The qualitative research used as data collection techniques interviews with seven qualified informants, two focus groups, and analysis and mapping with the Geographic Information System (GIS). The results show more than 67 properties under public, private and community regimes. Three models of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) were designed according to Law No. 3001/06 and one for the voluntary market mechanism. This research is one of the first contributions that includes benefits of carbon markets (regulated and voluntary) in nature conservation contexts.

Keywords : ecosystem services; sustainable production; property rights; environmental governance.

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