From polluter pays to provider gets: Distribution of rights and costs under payments for ecosystem services

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Mauerhofer, Volker ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^b   Coleby, Alastor ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Efficient allocation; Environmental principle; Fair distribution; Human right; Property rights; Sustainable scale

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN RIGHTS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARADIGM SHIFT; POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84878526570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06025-180441     Document Type: Article

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