Market-Based Instruments for Ecosystem Services: Institutional Innovation or Renovation?

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1122-1136

  Boisvert, Valérie ^a   Méral, Philippe ^b   Froger, Géraldine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

biodiversity offsets; economic incentives; ecosystem services; institutional arrangements; market based instruments; payments for environmental services

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INCENTIVE; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MARKET CONDITIONS; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 84885077034     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2013.820815     Document Type: Article

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