Designing payments for ecosystem services schemes: Some considerations

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-77

  Adhikari, Bhim ^a   Boag, Gemma ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b not available   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84875546442     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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