Using cost-effective targeting to enhance the efficiency of conservation investments in payments for ecosystem services

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1469-1478

  Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Lupi, Frank ^a   Viña, Andrés ^a   He, Guangming ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminative payment; Environmental benefits; Grain to Green Program; Household characteristics; Opportunity cost; Payments for ecosystem services; Wolong Nature Reserve

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INVESTMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE RESERVE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WOLONG NATURE RESERVE;

EID: 78349288812     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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