Capacity constraints in operationalisation of payment for ecosystem services (PES) in India: Evidence from land degradation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 432-443

  Kumar, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition of additionality; Ecosystem services of land; India; Land degradation; Payment for ecosystem services (PES); Valuation

Indexed keywords

CONDITION OF ADDITIONALITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF LAND; INDIA; LAND DEGRADATION; PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (PES);

DEGRADATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RESOURCE VALUATION; SURVEYS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND DEGRADATION; STAKEHOLDER; VALUATION;

INDIA;

EID: 79960739430     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1024     Document Type: Article

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