Evaluación de mecanismo financiero para el pago por servicios ambientales (PSA) en bosques tropicales húmedos para el proyecto de electrificación con paneles solares Yantsa ii Etsari en Morona Santiago

Abstract

ABSTRACT Among the environmental services of tropical forest are: genetic resources, food, water, medicine; regulation of various functions; cultural services; support services. These services can be recognized as transactions of Payments for Environmental Services (PES). Are carried out within a framework negotiated and voluntary, where there is a Buyer and a Service Provider. In the canton Taisha (Morona Santiago), which sits on the rainforest, has been equipped with electrical energy with the project "Yantsa ii Etsari" that uses residential PV stand-alone systems -SFVAR (solar panels). The way of life of the people of the Achuar and Shuar is oriented toward the conservation of nature. There is the prospect of a lack of sustainability of the project if it continues to depend on the government's budget. It has analyzed the possibility of finding a means of financing of the project through the PES. It is concluded that, if there are international and national entities through financial mechanisms that use the PES that could contribute to its sustainability, being necessary a further deepening of this type of financing.