Valuing ecosystem services flowing from the indian himalayan states for incorporation into national accounting

Treetops at Risk: Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 423-434

  Singh, S P ^a   Thadani, Rajesh ^a  

^a Centre for Ecology Development and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services indicators; Payment; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905971935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7161-5_45     Document Type: Chapter

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