A review of two payment schemes for watershed services from China and Vietnam: The interface of government control and PES theory

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kolinjivadi, Vijay K ^a   Sunderland, Terry ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Environment; Payments for ecosystem services; Vietnam; Well being

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WATERSHED;

CHINA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84871967602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05057-170410     Document Type: Review

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