PES is often touted as win-win with both environmental gains and poverty alleviation. But REDD+ does not neccesarily translate into forest conservation or benefit local communities.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/buying-our-way-out-environmental-problems
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sharachchandra-lele
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-conservation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystem-services
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/redd
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-conservation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/market-based-instruments