Ecuador's Yasuní-ITT Initiative: The old and new values of petroleum

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 358-365

  Rival, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon trading; Languages of valuation; Oil development and conservation in Amazonia; Payments for environmental services; State and governance of natural resources; Yasun National Park

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL CAPITAL; PETROLEUM; VALUATION;

ECUADOR; LATIN AMERICA; NAPO [ECUADOR]; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 78449243609     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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