Impacts of payments for environmental services on local development in northern Costa Rica: A fuzzy multi-criteria analysis

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 275-285

  Locatelli, Bruno ^a,c   Rojas, Varinia ^b   Salinas, Zenia ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b ACICAFOC (Asociacion Coordinadora Indigena y Campesina de Agroforesteria Comunitaria Centroamericana   (Costa Rica)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Forest; Local development; Payments for environmental services; Plantation

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (PSA);

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY LOGIC;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; E I S; FORESTRY; FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 41349091244     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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