Towards operational payments for water ecosystem services in Tanzania: A case study from the Uluguru Mountains

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-44

  Lopa, Dosteus ^a   Mwanyoka, Iddi ^b   Jambiya, George ^b,c   Massoud, Thabit ^a   Harrison, Paul ^d   Ellis Jones, Mark ^e   Blomley, Tom ^f   Leimona, Beria ^g   Van Noordwijk, Meine ^g   Burgess, Neil D ^h,i,j  

^a CARE International in Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^b WWF   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d Kilimanyika Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e Acacia Natural Resource Consultants Ltd ^*

^f ICRAF   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ University of Cambridge ^*  (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Africa; direct payments for conservation; Eastern Arc Mountains; payment for ecosystem services; PES; Tanzania; tropical forest; Uluguru Mountains

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCENTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; PROFITABILITY; RURAL AREA; SEASONALITY; SERVICE PROVISION; STAKEHOLDER; STREAMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; TANZANIA; ULUGURU MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84857744871     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311001335     Document Type: Article

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