Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Izquierdo-Tort, S., Alatorre, A., Shapiro-Garza, E., Corbera, E., Deschamps-Lomelí, J., Ávila-Foucat, V. S., Carabias, J., Dupras, J., Kolinjivadi, V., Nuñez, J. M., Perevochtchikova, M., Sims, K., & Hecken, G. V. (2025). Payments for ecosystem services in Mexico: Two decades of progress and challenges between research and practice. Ecosystem Services, 73, 101720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101720

2. Izquierdo-Tort, S., Carabias, J., Lopez, A., Meli, P., Corbera, E. (2024). Development and Conservation in the Tropical Forest Frontier: A 50-Year Analysis of Policy Evolution and Interplay in Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas, Mexico. Oxford Development Studies, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2024.2424224

3. Izquierdo-Tort, S., Jayachandran, S., Saavedra, S. (2024). Redesigning payments for ecosystem services to increase cost-effectiveness. Nature Communications 15, 9252. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53643-1

4. Izquierdo-Tort, S., Alatorre, A., Arroyo-Gerala, P., Shapiro-Garza, E., Dupras, J. (2024). Exploring local perceptions and drivers of engagement in biodiversity monitoring among Payments for Ecosystem Services participants in Southeast Mexico. Conservation Biology e14282. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14282

5. Charoud, H., Costedoat, S., Izquierdo-Tort, S., Moros, L., Villamayor-Tomás, S., Castillo-Santiago, M.A., Wunder, S., Corbera, E. (2023). Sustained participation in a Payments for Ecosystem Services program reduces deforestation in a Mexican agricultural frontier. Scientific Reports 13:22314. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49725-7

6. Bremer, L.L., Nelson, S., Jackson, S., Izquierdo-Tort, S., Lansing, D., Shapiro-Garza, E., Echavarría, M., Upton, C., Asquith, N., Isyaku, U., Asiyanbi, A., Jun, H., Pascual, U. (2023). Embedding local values in Payments for Ecosystem Services for transformative change. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 64:101354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101354

7. Pienkowski, T., Kiik, L., Catalano, A., Hazenbosch, M., Izquierdo‐Tort, S., Khanyari, M., Kutty, R., Martins, C., Nash, F., Saif, O. and Sandbrook, C., (2022). Recognizing Reflexivity Among Conservation Practitioners. Conservation Biology 2022;e14022. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14022

8. Izquierdo-Tort, S., Corbera, E., Martin, A., Carabias, J., Dupras, J. (2022). Contradictory Distributive Principles and Land Tenure Govern Benefit-Sharing of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Chiapas, Mexico. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6686

9. Izquierdo-Tort, S., Corbera, E., Carabias, J. et al. (2021). Local Responses to Design Changes in Payments for Ecosystem Services in Chiapas, Mexico. Ecosystem Services. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101305

10. Wyborn, C., Montana, J., Kalas, N., …Izquierdo-Tort, S. et al. (2020). An Agenda for Research and Action towards Diverse and Just Futures for Life on Earth. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13671

11. Izquierdo-Tort, S. (2020). Payments for Ecosystem Services and Conditional Cash Transfers in a Policy Mix: Micro-Level Interactions in Selva Lacandona, Mexico. Environmental Policy and Governance 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1876

12. Izquierdo-Tort, S., Ortiz-Rosas, F., Vazquez-Cisneros, P.A. (2019). Partial’ Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Land Enrolment and Forest Loss in the Mexican Lacandona Rainforest. Land Use Policy 87: 103950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.04.011

Book Chapters

1. Corbera, E., Izquierdo-Tort, S. (2023). "Payments for Ecosystem Services". In: Padilla Rosa, E., Ramos-Martín, J. (eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/elgar-encyclopedia-of-ecological-economics-9781802200409.html

2. Corbera, E., Izquierdo-Tort, S. (2023). “The Environmentalism of the Paid”. In: Villamayor-Tomás, S., Muradian, R. (eds). The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology: Essays in Honor of Joan Martinez-Alier. Pp. 367-381. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-22566-6_32

3. Izquierdo-Tort, S. (2019). Bridging Aspirations and Conservation in Research and Practice. Pp. 85-89. Biodiversity Revisited. Seeds of Change. Luc Hoffman Institute: Zurich. https://tinyurl.com/yejshju9

4. Izquierdo Tort, S. (2015). “Pagos por Servicios Ambientales”. In J. Carabias, J. De la Maza and R. Cadena (eds). Conservación y Desarrollo Sustentable en la Selva Lacandona. Pp. 561-564. México: Natura Mexicana.