The conditions for functional mechanisms of compensation and reward for environmental services

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Swallow, Brent M ^a   Leimona, Beria ^b   Yatich, Thomas ^b   Velarde, Sandra J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem services; Ecotourism; Environmental services; Institutional change; Payments for environmental services; Watershed services

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTOURISM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 78651473778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03636-150406     Document Type: Article

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