Farmer participation in the equitable payments for watershed services in Morogoro, Tanzania

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Kwayu, Emmanuel J ^a,b   Sallu, Susannah M ^a   Paavola, Jouni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Land use modifying; Participation; Payments for ecosystem services (PES); Tanzania; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894814933     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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