The effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services at delivering improvements in water quality: lessons for experiments at the landscape scale

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2607 days ago
Provocative results from large scale RCT study of PES for watershed and water quality in 129 communities in Bolivian Andes: -implementation of RCT at scale difficult; -uptake low; -no change in E. color contamination at landscape scale. https://t.co/ajGEZGl0nQ
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Take a look at our #paper where we mention this idea (https://t.co/afuPUDyMmn), but there may be another one coming soon where we discuss it in much more detail...
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2612 days ago
RT @juliapgjones: Use of Randomised Control Trials has revolutionized #impact #evaluation in development (see great work @3ieNews). Here is…
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2612 days ago
RT @juliapgjones: whoever added the last min edit hadn't read the article by @EdwinPynegar which underpins the piece. We shows how tricky l…
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whoever added the last min edit hadn't read the article by @EdwinPynegar which underpins the piece. We shows how tricky landscape scale experiments are & that they are not always the answer. Best read the original science in @thePeerJ https://t.co/zfHiM4OEyE
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2612 days ago
RT @Bill_Sutherland: Fascinating paper on the real world challenges of carrying out landscape scale experiments. In this case testing payme…
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RT @Bill_Sutherland: Fascinating paper on the real world challenges of carrying out landscape scale experiments. In this case testing payme…
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RT @EdwinPynegar: Our #newpaper is finally out! Find out how we evaluated effectiveness of an #incentive based #conservation program using…
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RT @juliapgjones: Does a scheme incentivizing farmers to keep cattle out of riparian forest & cease deforestation improve water quality? We…
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They won't, though. Trying to publish our new article (https://t.co/afuPUDyMmn) was a pretty rotten experience, precisely because it wasn't a neat, "clean" evaluation. Most journals just aren't open-minded enough to publish, regardless of potential interest to practitioners... https://t.co/BvBuxEgWb3
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A great article published today in @thePeerJ https://t.co/qGW5ygDGMM #ConservationBiology #NaturalResourceManagement #RCT #PES #watershed
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Does excluding cattle improve water quality in the Bolivian Andes? A cautionary tale from one of the first randomized controlled trials of payments for ecosystem services. Hard-won insights from @juliapgjones et al. https://t.co/b3AZcFujh5
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(Also, what was particularly, um, "fun" was trying to do publicity for our #newpaper - https://t.co/GXBiIazLYZ - over a *terrible* mobile internet connection in the communities... practitioner problems?!)
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RT @juliapgjones: Does a scheme incentivizing farmers to keep cattle out of riparian forest & cease deforestation improve water quality? We…
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RT @Bill_Sutherland: Fascinating paper on the real world challenges of carrying out landscape scale experiments. In this case testing payme…
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RT @Bill_Sutherland: Fascinating paper on the real world challenges of carrying out landscape scale experiments. In this case testing payme…
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RT @juliapgjones: Use of Randomised Control Trials has revolutionized #impact #evaluation in development (see great work @3ieNews). Here is…
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2624 days ago
RT @Bill_Sutherland: Fascinating paper on the real world challenges of carrying out landscape scale experiments. In this case testing payme…
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RT @EdwinPynegar: Our #newpaper is finally out! Find out how we evaluated effectiveness of an #incentive based #conservation program using…
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RT @EdwinPynegar: Our #newpaper is finally out! Find out how we evaluated effectiveness of an #incentive based #conservation program using…
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RT @EdwinPynegar: Our #newpaper is finally out! Find out how we evaluated effectiveness of an #incentive based #conservation program using…
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RT @Bill_Sutherland: Fascinating paper on the real world challenges of carrying out landscape scale experiments. In this case testing payme…
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RT @EdwinPynegar: Our #newpaper is finally out! Find out how we evaluated effectiveness of an #incentive based #conservation program using…
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Are #Randomized Trials the #GoldStandard in #conservation impact #evaluation? Still a very open question! However.... our #NewPaper shows conservation #RCTs are likely hard to execute well - and are often not necessary to draw useful conclusions: https://t.co/AGyLeNvHZp
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RT @juliapgjones: Does a scheme incentivizing farmers to keep cattle out of riparian forest & cease deforestation improve water quality? We…
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