The work of wetland credit markets: Two cases in entrepreneurial wetland banking

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-51

  Robertson, Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Water Act; Compensation; Ecosystem services; Market based environmental policy; Wetland banking; Wetland mitigation

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPENSATION; CREDIT PROVISION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MARKET; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 58549108008     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-008-9096-4     Document Type: Article

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