Payments for ecosystem services and poverty reduction: Concepts, issues, and empirical perspectives

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-254

  Bulte, Erwin H ^a,b   Lipper, Leslie ^c   Stringer, Randy ^d   Zilberman, David ^e,f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Giannini Foundation

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EID: 44049099864     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004348     Document Type: Editorial

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