Estimating ecocompensation requirements for forest ecosystem conservation: A case study in Hainan province, southern China

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-57

  Fen, Li ^a   Wenhua, Li ^a   Lin, Zhen ^a   Heqing, Huang ^a   Yunjie, Wei ^a   Naomi, Inoue ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b Japan Ministry of the Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eco compensation; Ecological location quotient; Ecological valuation coefficient; Forest ecosystem; Hainan province

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957528231     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2011.0028     Document Type: Article

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