Payments for ecosystem services and the financing of global biodiversity conservation

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-93

  Hein, Lars ^a   Miller, Daniel C ^b   de Groot, Rudolf ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84875542738     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.12.004     Document Type: Review

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