The Contradictory Logic of Global Ecosystem Services Markets

Development and Change

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-131

  Mcafee, Kathleen ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PROFITABILITY; TRADE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD BANK;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; UNITED NATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84857351923     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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