Development and testing of a sustainable environmental restoration policy on eradicating the poverty trap in China's Changting County

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 10712-10716

  Cao, Shixiong ^a   Zhong, Binglin ^b   Yue, Hui ^b   Zeng, Heshui ^b   Zeng, Jinhua ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Soil and Water Conservation Bureau of Changting County   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental conservation; Environmental policy; Payment for ecosystem service; Property rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FORESTRY; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOIL; VEGETABLES;

EID: 67649817120     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900197106     Document Type: Article

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