Why do farmers join Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes? An Assessment of PES water scheme participation in Brazil

Ecological Economics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-176

  Zanella, Matheus A ^a   Schleyer, Christian ^b   Speelman, Stijn ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brazil; Environmental policy; Participation; Payments for Ecosystem Services; Water governance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCENTIVE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84903199974     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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