Assessing the potential for synergies in the implementation of payments for environmental services programmes: An empirical analysis of Costa Rica

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-416

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Pagiola, Stefano ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Costa Rica; Payments for ecosystem services (PES); Poverty reduction; Spatial correlation; Synergy; Watershed conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; COSTA RICA; PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (PES); POVERTY REDUCTION; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SYNERGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BUDGET CONTROL; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; WATERSHEDS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; CORRELATION; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INCENTIVE; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 80755142848     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892911000555     Document Type: Article

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