Enhancing Conservation, Ecosystem Services, and Local Livelihoods through a Wildlife Premium Mechanism

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Dinerstein, Eric ^a   Varma, Keshav ^b   Wikramanayake, Eric ^a   Powell, George ^a   Lumpkin, Susan ^b,e   Naidoo, Robin ^a   Korchinsky, Mike ^c   Del Valle, Christian ^d   Lohani, Shubash ^e   Seidensticker, John ^f   Joldersma, Dirk ^g   Lovejoy, Thomas ^h,i   Kushlin, Andrey ^b  

^a World Wildlife Fund US ^*  (United States)

^b WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^c Wildlife Works Carbon   (United States)

^d Althelia Climate Fund   (Luxembourg)

^e World Wildlife Fund US   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Macroeconomics and Policy Program   (United States)

^h GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Heinz Center for Science Economics and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; Landscape conservation; Large mammals; PES; REDD Reduction of Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation; Species conservation; Sustainable financing for conservation; Wildlife premium mechanism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INCENTIVE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; NEPAL; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; KENYA; NEPAL; PERU; VERTEBRATES;

KENYA; NEPAL; PERU;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872271050     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01959.x     Document Type: Article

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