Environmental Service* | Objectives | Who must perform the actions and then receive a payment for them | Complementary actions |
Tidal protection and flood control | - Reforestation of areas that have suffered excessive cutting. - Protection in areas with preserved mangroves. | - Ejidatarios and land co-owners. - Possessors. - Private owners. | Concessionaires |
Sediment accumulation and soil formation | - Reforestation of areas that have suffered excessive cutting. - Protection in areas with preserved mangroves. | - Ejidatarios and land co-owners. - Possessors. - Private owners. | Concessionaires |
Area for breeding, shelter and feeding of species | - Establish strict closure periods. - Organise a surveillance group. - Restrict the fishing of species where the number of examples is compromised. | Working team of owners, ejidos, communities, and possessors | Municipal governments |
Scenic beauty | - Residental collection of rubbish within the mangroves, on the banks of lagoons and within lagoons. | Fishermen | - Municipal - Governments. - Municipal inhabitants. |
Food production | - Establish strict closure periods. - Organise a surveillance group. - Restrict the fishing of species where the number of examples is compromised. | Working team of owners, ejidos, communities, and possessors | Municipal governments |
Habitat for human populations | - Establish mangrove use and maintenance rules. | This is a service that does not have to be paid; the establishment of rules of use and maintenance of the mangrove has to be respected by all and does not represent a cost. | |
Pollution control and improvement of water quality | - Reduce the emission of pollutants coming from upstream. - Periodic analysis of water quality in the Lagoon System. | - Ejidatarios and land co-owners. - Possessors. - Private owners. | Companies and industries. Veracruzana University, Veracruz, Mexico or research institutions. |
Oxygen production and carbon dioxide capture | - Reforestation of areas that have suffered excessive cutting. - Protection in areas with preserved mangroves. | - Ejidatarios and land co-owners. - Possessors. - Private owners. | Concessionaires |