The concept of ES is broadly defined as the contributions of ecosystems to economic and other human activity (TEEB 2010 UN et al. Our study also shows that the benefits generated by oil palm conversion, a main driver for land-use change in the province, are almost exclusively accrued by companies and at this point in time are shared unequally with local stakeholders.Įcosystem services (ES) are increasingly recognized as a concept that can be used to assess the benefits humans derive from ecosystems in support of ecosystem management (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) 2005). Hence, land-use change and policies influencing land-use change can be expected to have different impacts on different stakeholders. The distribution of these benefits is strongly influenced by government policies and in particular benefit sharing mechanisms.

Our study shows that the benefits generated from these services differ markedly between the stakeholders, which we grouped into private, public, and household entities. We analyze the following ecosystem services: (1) timber production (2) rattan collection (3) jelutong resin collection (4) rubber production (based on permanent agroforestry systems) (5) oil palm production on three management scales (company, plasma farmer, and independent smallholder) (6) paddy production and (7) carbon sequestration. This study assesses and analyzes how the monetary benefits of seven ecosystem services are generated in Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, are distributed to different types of beneficiaries. This nevertheless is a key issue, in particular, if ecosystem services analysis and valuation is used to support environmental management. However, to date, less attention has been devoted to who is actually benefiting from ecosystem services. There is increasing experience with the valuation of ecosystem services.

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