Better RED than dead: Paying the people for environmental services in Amazonia

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1498, 2008, Pages 1925-1932

  Hall, Anthony ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon; Payments for environmental services; Proambiente; Reduced emissions from deforestation; Small farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; KYOTO PROTOCOL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41649094549     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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