What are PES? A review of definitions and an extension

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-15

  Derissen, Sandra ^a   Latacz Lohmann, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation contracting; Ecosystem services; Environmental services; Market based incentives; PES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890130550     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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