Rewarding upland people for forest conservation: Experience and lessons learned from case studies in the Philippines

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 28, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 304-321

  Villamor, Grace B ^a   Lasco, Rodel D ^b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b World Agroforestry Center   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Enabling environment; Environmental service reward (ESR); Financing mechanism; Forest conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION; CAPACITY BUILDING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FINANCING MECHANISMS; FOREST CONSERVATION; HYDROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; LESSONS LEARNED; LIVING CONDITIONS; NEGOTIATION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PHILIPPINES; POTENTIAL BUYERS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROSLAG REMELTING; FORESTRY;

LANDFORMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CAPACITY BUILDING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; UPLAND REGION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCE; FORESTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70649103051     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549810902791499     Document Type: Article

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