Benefits, costs, and livelihood implications of a regional payment for ecosystem service program

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 16681-16686

  Zheng, Hua ^a   Robinson, Brian E ^b,c   Liang, Yi Cheng ^c   Polasky, Stephen ^b,c,d   Ma, Dong Chun ^e   Wang, Feng Chun ^e   Ruckelshaus, Mary ^c   Ouyang, Zhi Yun ^a,b   Daily, Gretchen C ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Institute on the Environment   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Beijing Municioal Institute of Science and Technology Information   (China)

Author keywords

Regional collaboration; Social ecological systems; Sustainability; Sustainable household livelihoods; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

COAL; FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAND USE; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

REGIONAL COLLABORATION; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE HOUSEHOLD LIVELIHOODS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WATER SUPPLY; WORK;

EID: 84885335902     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312324110     Document Type: Article

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