Cost-effective compensation payments: A model based on Buying Green Cover to sustain ecological restoration

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-147

  Gong, Cheng ^a   Xu, Chenguang ^b   Chen, Li ^c   Cao, Shixiong ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER CONSERVANCY AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Buying green cover; Cost effectiveness; Grain for green program; Green activities; Payment for ecological services

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES; BUYING GREEN COVER; COMPENSATION PAYMENTS; COMPENSATION PROGRAM; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOLOGICAL SERVICES; GREEN ACTIVITIES; MODEL-BASED OPC; POLICY MODEL;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RESTORATION;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 80255123799     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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