I predict this and all trading schemes will make the wealthy a great deal of money. It will create a backlash on the rural people who participate as the urban folks will now have a stake in their operations and will eventually want to “preserve” them out of production. I predict that the cost of all of this will be passed on to the backs of the middle class consumer.
Ecosystem Services http://users.sisqtel.net/armstrng/ecosystem_services.htm
And I predict that the people who should be getting that money won't do a thing to acquire it. Nor will their "leaders" show them how.
You've invested so much in blasting the idea of "ecosystem services" because of its existing corrupt associations, you have failed to see the opportunities right before your eyes.