Payments for Environmental Services (also known as Payments for Ecosystem Services or PES), are payments to farmers or landowners who have agreed to take certain actions to manage their land or watersheds to provide an ecological service. As the payments provide incentives to landowners and managers, PES is a market-based mechanism, similar to subsidies and taxes, to encourage the conservation of natural resources.
In September 2025 the project conducted a comprehensive household survey in Ukhrul town to assess the feasibility of a Payments for Environmental Services pilot in Shirui village, Ukhrul. Results of the survey and reccomendations for follow-up activities on the PES initiative are described in the report below,
PES – Household Survey in Ukhrul town