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Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development, 2020, 8 (27): 71-78
UDC: 330.15:332.1
JEL CLASSIFICATION: Q 50, Q 57
DOI: 10.37100/2616-7689/2020/8(27)/10
Iryna Patoka
Candidate of Economic Sciences,
Public Institution «Institute of Environmental Economics and
Sustainable Development of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine»
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-2796
ECOSYSTEM APPROACHES TO THE ORGANIZATION OF COMPENSATIVE MEASURES FOR LOSSES REFUND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
Abstract: The aim of the article is to introduce the up-to date approaches to the functioning of the compensation mechanism for the refund of the losses from ecosystems pollution and to elaborate proposals for its implementation in the local environmental policy. The paper identifies the main aspects of the formation of a compensation mechanism for refund of the losses from pollution and degradation of ecosystems at the local level, types of compensatory relations in the environmental sphere, levers of influence of local authorities and business on the implementation of an effective compensation mechanism. Ways and methods of compensation for the refund of the losses from the ecosystems decontamination are structured and instruments of the economic mechanism of compensation at different territorial levels of management are classified. It is proposed to take into account the configurations of reproduction processes in the territory ecosystems while introducing a compensation mechanism for the losses from their decontamination. The compensation mechanism for ecosystem decontamination losses at the local territorial level is proved to be a special type of institutional agreement as to protection and sustainable use of ecosystem services and ecosystems at the local level and adjusting the distribution of costs and benefits between different players and stakeholders mainly via economic means. The priority reforms in the sphere of liability for damage to ecosystems to form a compensation mechanism for compensation in Ukraine are outlined. Prospects for introduction of a compensation mechanism for the refund of the losses from the ecosystems decontamination at the local level are outlined. The reform of decentralization and extension of the local powers allows for the development and implementation of the regulations at the local level that would establish a procedure for the accumulation and use of compensation costs for the destroyed community ecosystems restoration. It will contribute to the receipt of significant compensatory financial resources in local budgets for communities, to be directed exclusively for the compensatory measures.
Key words: environmental policy, ecosystem approach, compensative measures for ecosystem losses refund, local level.
Language version: Ukrainian
References
1. Veklych, О.О. (2018). Ekosystemnyi pidkhid otsiniuvannia ekonomichnoho zbytku vid zabrudnennia navkolyshnogo pryrodnoho seredovyshcha: ukrainska avtentychnist [Ecosystem approach for estimating economic damage from environmental pollution: Ukrainian authenticity]. Economica Ukrainy, 4, 63-75 [in Ukrainian].
2. Veklych O.O. (2019). Parametryzatsiya ekonomichnoho zbytku vid pohirshennya/znyshchennya ekosystemnykh posluh [Parametrization of economic damage from degradation / destruction of ecosystem services]. Ekonomìka prirodokoristuvannâ ì stalij rozvitok, 5 (24), 58-65 [in Ukrainian].
3. Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parlament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention remedying of environmental demage. Retrieved from: http://eur-lex. europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32004L0035 [in English].
4. Pagiola, S. von Ritter, K. & Bishop, J. (2004) Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation. World Bank [in English].
5. Enetjärn, A., Cole, S., Kniivilä, M., and oth. (2015) Environmental compensation. Кey conditions for increased and cost effective application. doi:10.6027/TN2015-572 [in English].
6. Swallow, B.M., Kallesoe, M.F., Iftikhar, U.A., and oth. (2009). Compensation and rewards for environmental services in the developing world: framing pan-tropical analysis and comparison. Ecology and Society 14(2): 26. doi:10.5751/es-02499-140226 [in English].
7. Eco-Compensation Mechanism and Policies in China. Task Force on Eco-Compensation Mechanisms and Policies, CCICED (2006). Retrieved from: http://www.caep.org.cn/ywlm/home/working_pagers_and_reports/working_papers/201809/W020180929352237812863.pdf [in English].
Article publication date: 2020
Date of online version: 2020
UDC: 330.15:332.1
JEL CLASSIFICATION: Q 50, Q 57
DOI: 10.37100/2616-7689/2020/8(27)/10
Iryna Patoka
Candidate of Economic Sciences,
Public Institution «Institute of Environmental Economics and
Sustainable Development of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine»
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-2796
ECOSYSTEM APPROACHES TO THE ORGANIZATION OF COMPENSATIVE MEASURES FOR LOSSES REFUND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
Abstract: The aim of the article is to introduce the up-to date approaches to the functioning of the compensation mechanism for the refund of the losses from ecosystems pollution and to elaborate proposals for its implementation in the local environmental policy. The paper identifies the main aspects of the formation of a compensation mechanism for refund of the losses from pollution and degradation of ecosystems at the local level, types of compensatory relations in the environmental sphere, levers of influence of local authorities and business on the implementation of an effective compensation mechanism. Ways and methods of compensation for the refund of the losses from the ecosystems decontamination are structured and instruments of the economic mechanism of compensation at different territorial levels of management are classified. It is proposed to take into account the configurations of reproduction processes in the territory ecosystems while introducing a compensation mechanism for the losses from their decontamination. The compensation mechanism for ecosystem decontamination losses at the local territorial level is proved to be a special type of institutional agreement as to protection and sustainable use of ecosystem services and ecosystems at the local level and adjusting the distribution of costs and benefits between different players and stakeholders mainly via economic means. The priority reforms in the sphere of liability for damage to ecosystems to form a compensation mechanism for compensation in Ukraine are outlined. Prospects for introduction of a compensation mechanism for the refund of the losses from the ecosystems decontamination at the local level are outlined. The reform of decentralization and extension of the local powers allows for the development and implementation of the regulations at the local level that would establish a procedure for the accumulation and use of compensation costs for the destroyed community ecosystems restoration. It will contribute to the receipt of significant compensatory financial resources in local budgets for communities, to be directed exclusively for the compensatory measures.
Key words: environmental policy, ecosystem approach, compensative measures for ecosystem losses refund, local level.
Language version: Ukrainian
References
1. Veklych, О.О. (2018). Ekosystemnyi pidkhid otsiniuvannia ekonomichnoho zbytku vid zabrudnennia navkolyshnogo pryrodnoho seredovyshcha: ukrainska avtentychnist [Ecosystem approach for estimating economic damage from environmental pollution: Ukrainian authenticity]. Economica Ukrainy, 4, 63-75 [in Ukrainian].
2. Veklych O.O. (2019). Parametryzatsiya ekonomichnoho zbytku vid pohirshennya/znyshchennya ekosystemnykh posluh [Parametrization of economic damage from degradation / destruction of ecosystem services]. Ekonomìka prirodokoristuvannâ ì stalij rozvitok, 5 (24), 58-65 [in Ukrainian].
3. Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parlament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention remedying of environmental demage. Retrieved from: http://eur-lex. europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32004L0035 [in English].
4. Pagiola, S. von Ritter, K. & Bishop, J. (2004) Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation. World Bank [in English].
5. Enetjärn, A., Cole, S., Kniivilä, M., and oth. (2015) Environmental compensation. Кey conditions for increased and cost effective application. doi:10.6027/TN2015-572 [in English].
6. Swallow, B.M., Kallesoe, M.F., Iftikhar, U.A., and oth. (2009). Compensation and rewards for environmental services in the developing world: framing pan-tropical analysis and comparison. Ecology and Society 14(2): 26. doi:10.5751/es-02499-140226 [in English].
7. Eco-Compensation Mechanism and Policies in China. Task Force on Eco-Compensation Mechanisms and Policies, CCICED (2006). Retrieved from: http://www.caep.org.cn/ywlm/home/working_pagers_and_reports/working_papers/201809/W020180929352237812863.pdf [in English].
Article publication date: 2020
Date of online version: 2020