Motivation for conservation: Assessing integrated conservation and development projects and payments for environmental services in la sepultura biosphere reserve, mexico, chiapas

Ecological Economics

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-100

  Rico García Amado, Luis ^a   Ruiz Pérez, Manuel ^a   Barrasa García, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b El Colegio de Michoacan AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Integrated conservation and development projects; Intrinsic motivation; Mexico; Payments for environmental services

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SEPULTURA BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

EID: 84875264286     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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