1. Payments for Environmental Services in South Africa
Mira Inbar
Forest Trends
Nicola King
CSIR, Division of
Water, Environment and Forest Technology

2. Status of PES activity in RSA
PES is on the agenda
Planning and design
Limited implementation
Focus primarily on water and carbon with emerging interest in biodiversity
Mixed focus on private and public deals
Public: the working for water initiatives
Private: projects in planning

4. Opportunities for PES in RSA
Mapping areas of risk and opportunity
Potential Buyers:
Developing the business case for the private sector
Awareness and value added
High value environmental services:
Watershed services (limitations of Water Act)

5. Gaps for PES in RSA
Good science (water) but some gaps (biodiversity) ,
Building the business case,
Understanding the costs and benefits of options,
Identifying and linking buyers and sellers,
Monitoring and evaluation
Action learning

6. Thank you minbar@forest-trends.org naking@csir.co.za