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abstract: 'As the severity of the triple challenges of global inequality, climate
change and biodiversity loss becomes clearer, governments and
international development institutions must find effective policy
instruments to respond. We examine the potential of social assistance
policies in this context. Social assistance refers to transfers to poor,
vulnerable and marginalized groups to reduce their vulnerability and
livelihood risks, and to enhance their rights and status. Substantial
public funds support social assistance programmes globally.
Collectively, lower- and middle-income countries spend approximately
1.5\% of their GDP on social assistance annually. We focus on the
potential of paid employment schemes to promote effective ecosystem
stewardship. Available evidence suggests such programmes can offer
multiple benefits in terms of improvements in local ecosystems and
natural capital, carbon sequestration and local biodiversity
conservation. We review evidence from three key case studies: in India
(the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme),
Ethiopia (the Productive Safety Nets Programme) and Mexico (the
Temporary Employment Programme). We conclude that, to realize the
potential of employment-based social assistance for ecosystem benefits
it will be necessary to address two challenges: first, the weak design
and maintenance of local public works outputs in many schemes, and
second, the concern that social protection schemes may become less
effective if they are overburdened with additional objectives.
Overcoming these challenges requires an evolution of institutional
systems for delivering social assistance to enable a more effective
combination of social and environmental objectives. This article is part
of the theme issue `Climate change and ecosystems: threats,
opportunities and solutions''.'
affiliation: 'Seddon, N (Corresponding Author), Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Nat Based
Solut Initiat, Oxford, England.
Norton, Andrew; Shakya, Clare; Porras, Ina, Int Inst Environm \& Dev, London, England.
Seddon, Nathalie, Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Nat Based Solut Initiat, Oxford, England.
Agrawal, Arun, Univ Michigan, Sch Environm \& Sustainabil, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
Kaur, Nanki, Int Ctr Integrated Mt Dev, Adaptat \& Resilience Bldg, Kathmandu, Nepal.'
article-number: '20190127'
author: Norton, Andrew and Seddon, Nathalie and Agrawal, Arun and Shakya, Clare and
Kaur, Nanki and Porras, Ina
author-email: nathalie.seddon@zoo.ox.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Norton
given: Andrew
- family: Seddon
given: Nathalie
- family: Agrawal
given: Arun
- family: Shakya
given: Clare
- family: Kaur
given: Nanki
- family: Porras
given: Ina
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0127
eissn: 1471-2970
files: []
issn: 0962-8436
journal: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
keywords: social protection; ecosystem stewardship; climate change
keywords-plus: 'CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS; SAFETY NET PROGRAM; POVERTY; FOOD; IMPACT;
INDIA; DEFORESTATION; PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; COUNTRIES'
language: English
month: MAR 16
number: 1794, SI
number-of-cited-references: '75'
orcid-numbers: 'Agrawal, Arun/0000-0001-6796-2958
Seddon, Nathalie/0000-0002-1880-6104'
papis_id: 4752fe342e89af35f7afa90d2430a1f1
ref: Norton2020harnessingemployment
researcherid-numbers: 'Agrawal, Arun/A-4257-2009
'
times-cited: '15'
title: Harnessing employment-based social assistance programmes to scale up nature-based
climate action
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000509531700019
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '25'
volume: '375'
web-of-science-categories: Biology
year: '2020'