摘要：This is the first of a series of papers that review the state of knowledge and practice regardingcompensation and rewards for environmental services in the developing world. The paper begins with anassessment of the historical development of compensation and reward mechanisms within a broader contextof changing approaches to nature conservation and environmental policy. The assessment shows that greaterinterest in compensation and reward mechanisms has emerged within a policy context of changingapproaches to nature conservation and flexible multi-stakeholder approaches to environmentalmanagement. In the developing world, an even greater variety of perspectives has emerged on theopportunities and threats for using compensation and rewards for environmental services. Within thatbackground, the paper clarifies key concepts—including the distinction between compensation and reward—and presents a conceptual framework for typifying and characterizing different types of mechanismsthat link ecosystem stewards, ecosystem service beneficiaries, and intermediaries
关键词：Africa; Asia; compensation; ecosystems service; Latin America; payment for environmental;service; rewards
