Achieved outcomes and impacts:
From 2010 to 2021, 571,814 hectares of forest have been protected, 4774 hectares of forest have been managed, 29748 hectares have been reforested, natural regeneration of 25074 hectares, and 5,455,734 hectares of agroforestry systems.
A total of 10,317 contracts for payment of environmental services have been signed in this period of years.
Some examples of these are:
Reforestation with fast-growing species ₡ 719,995 per hectare €975.60.
Distributed over the first 5 years
Contract term: 10 years
From 1 to 300 hectares
Species: Gmelina arborea, Acacia mangium,
Vochysia guatemalensis and Vochysia hondurensis
Reforestation with medium growth species
₡ 811,811 per hectare €1100.01
Distributed over the first 5 years
Contract term: 16 years
From 1 to 300 hectares
Species: Tectona grandis, Pinus sp, Cordia alliodora,
Vochysia ferruginea, Eucalyptus sp and Cedrela odorata
Reforestation with native species
₡ 1,217,718 per hectare € 1650.02
Distributed over the first 5 years
Contract term: 16 years
From 1 to 300 hectares
Forest Plantations with Reduced Rotation Rotations
₡ 387,383 per hectare € 524.91
Distributed over the first 4 years
Contract term: 6 years
From 1 to 300 hectares
Agroforestry Systems
₡ 997 per tree € 1.35
Distributed over the 5 years of the contract
From 500 to 10,000 trees
Mixed Agroforestry Systems for smallholders
₡ 36,498 per hectare per year (Forest Protection) €49.45
₡ 23,381 per hectare per year (Natural Regeneration) € 31.68
₡ 296 per tree per year (SAF) € 0,40
Distributed over the 5 years of the contract
Forest protection
364,981 per hectare € 860.40
Distributed over the 10 years of the contract
From 2 to 300 hectares
Natural regeneration
116,908 per hectare €158.41
Distributed over the 5 years of the contract
From 2 to 300 hectares
Forest Management
₡ 142,572 per hectare € 193.18
Distributed over the 5 years of the contract
From 2 to 300 hectares
Water resource protection a total of ₡ 456,231/ha
Mixed agroforestry systems for smallholders in forest protection modality ₡182,490/ha
Mixed agroforestry systems for small producers in natural regeneration mode ₡116,905/ha
Mixed agroforestry systems for small farmers ₡1480/tree
Success factors and lessons learned:
From 2010 to 2021, 571,814 hectares of forest have been protected, a total of 4774 hectares of forest management, reforestation of 29748 hectares, natural regeneration of 25074 hectares, and 5,455,734 hectares of agroforestry systems.
A total of 10,317 contracts for payment of environmental services have been signed in this period of years.
Some PES success factors are :
1. The economic incentive and the sensitization received by landowners, which influences their decision to conserve.
2. The credibility of all the institutions involved in the PES that support the landowners who decide to make a differentiated management of their farms.
The country's green image and conservation policies that give credibility at the international level for external actors to participate in PES.