Payments for environmental and ecosystem services for water production

Abstract

Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are a rising topic in academia and in policymaking at a global level. This gives the theme, in addition to notoriety, the need to outline its state of the art and, thus, align global discussions with local scenarios. The objective of this study was to carry out a Systematic Review on PSA, specifically those related to Water Production (PSA - Water). A Scientific Mapping was carried out, based on a research protocol in international, open access articles, available in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, over a period of five years. Data were processed in R Studio®, Excel® and Biblioshiny®. A total of 208 articles were selected, submitted to the exclusion criteria of the Modified Methodi Ordinatio. Content analysis used the 21 most relevant articles for this research. The results showed that the themes Environmental Services and Ecosystem Services, currently, have had a lot of prominence in the discussions. Finally, it can be concluded that despite the heterogeneity of the research, the consensus is related to the global concern with the use and preservation of water resources and that the PES - Water programs, even with many challenges, are benefiting several local communities.