Payments for watershed services: Directing incentives for improving lake basin governance

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-206

  Lin, Hebin ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic incentive; Institutional arrangement; Lake management; Payments for watershed services; Stakeholder participation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCENTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION TAX; WATERSHED;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84866755852     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lre.12004     Document Type: Article

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