Metaanálisis de la valoración económica de los servicios ecosistémicos de secuestro de carbono y regulación de calidad del agua en América Latina, 2010-2023

Abstract

Abstract: Economic valuation is a tool that places in the economic and environmental context an approximation of the value of ecosystems to guide decision making in 1) public policies, 2) allocation of resources and priorities, and 3) compensation for impact environmental. In this context, the objective of the present study is to carry out a meta-analysis on the economic values ​​of two ecosystem services: carbon sequestration and quality of water in Latin America, the methodology used is the stages of elaboration of a meta-analysis, from this a database of research carried out in the period 2010-2023, codifying said information to analyze it based on the objectives specifics raised. The main result is that Mexico has a greater number of investigations into the valuation of these services, due to their regulation mechanisms and conservation as PSA. Furthermore, that the overall economic value of the kidnapping of carbon based on the valuation method is 349644.74 USD/ha/year, and the water quality of 120.65 USD/year/household. For this reason, the usefulness of this research lies in its use to support various policy initiatives conservation of watersheds and forests, encouraging countries Latin Americans to follow Ecuador's example with initiatives such as water funds or the case of Mexico, with the PES or the carbon markets.