%0 Journal Article
%T Pagamento por Servi os Ambientais (PSA) como Instrumento de Pol¨ªtica de Desenvolvimento Sustent¨¢vel dos Territ¨®rios Rurais: O Projeto Protetor Das ¨¢guas de Vera Cruz, RS
%A Jorge Luiz Amaral de Moraes
%J Sustentabilidade em Debate
%D 2012
%I Universidade de Bras¨ªlia
%X To contribute to the debate around the role of the programs of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) for sustainable development, this work has as main objective to identify the potential of PES as an instrument of public policy for sustainable development of rural territories. The paper presents a brief theoretical review of PES, the main features of some programs Brazilian PES and presentation and prospects of the project ¡°Protetor das ¨¢guas¡±, which has beenrunning in the city of Vera Cruz-RS, with the aim of contributing to the protection of sources of sub-basin of the Arroio Andreas, rewarding family farmers. Despite the very early stage, the expectations of the project are very optimistic, because most of the family owners of the sub-basin have shown interest in participating in the project. The PES programs contribute to the sustainable development of rural territories because they open space for the formation and expansion of productive systems agroecological and tourism, generating income and employment opportunities in these territories.
%K Pagamento por servi os ambientais
%K PSA
%K Desenvolvimento sustent¨¢vel
%K Desenvolvimento dos territ¨®rios rurais
%K Payment for Environmental Services
%K PES
%K Sustainable Development
%K Development of rural territories
%U http://seer.bce.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/7196/5664