Targeting and implementing payments for ecosystem services: Opportunities for bundling biodiversity conservation with carbon and water services in Madagascar

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2093-2107

  Wendland, Kelly J ^a   Honzák, Miroslav ^a   Portela, Rosimeiry ^a   Vitale, Benjamin ^a   Rubinoff, Samuel ^b   Randrianarisoa, Jeannicq ^c  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Center for Biodiversity Conservation Madagascar   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bundling; Carbon; Madagascar; Payments for ecosystem services; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON EMISSION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SERVICE PROVISION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 77956174936     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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