Participation in payments for ecosystem services: Case studies from the Lacandon rainforest, Mexico

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2073-2083

  Kosoy, Nicolas ^a   Corbera, Esteve ^b   Brown, Kate ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon fixation; Lacandon rainforest; Participation; Payments for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON FIXATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHIAPAS; LACANDON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 56949100814     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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