Ecopayments and deforestation in Costa Rica: A nationwide analysis of PSA's initial years

Land Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 432-448

  Robalino, Juan ^a   Pfaff, Alexander ^b  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTIMATION METHOD;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84878001991     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.89.3.432     Document Type: Article

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