Can payments for ecosystem services secure the water tower of Tibet?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 52-63

  Immerzeel, Walter ^a   Stoorvogel, Jetse ^b   Antle, John ^c  

^a FutureWater Wageningen   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Hydrological model; Minimum data; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INCENTIVE; POLICY APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

HORDEUM;

EID: 37349018115     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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