Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-36

  Locatelli, Bruno ^a,b   Imbach, Pablo ^c   Wunder, Sven ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^d LIV Program CIfor (Centre for International Forestry Research)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Carbon; Climate change; Environmental services; Mitigation; REDD; Scenic beauty; Spatial analysis; Water

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; WATER; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; MITIGATION; REDD; SCENIC BEAUTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST; RESOLUTION; SERVICE PROVISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; NATIONAL PARK; SYNERGISM;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; WATER; EMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84896528017     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892913000234     Document Type: Article

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