Performance of an agro-forestry based Payments-for-Environmental-Services project in Mozambique: A household level analysis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-130

  Hegde, Ravi ^a   Bull, Gary Q ^b  

^a Horticulture Australia Limited   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agro forestry; Carbon sequestration; Evaluation; Household surveys; Mozambique; PES

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BUFFER ZONE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREST RESOURCE; HARVESTING; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NATIONAL PARK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; VULNERABILITY;

GORONGOSA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOFALA;

EID: 80055028560     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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