Juggling multiple dimensions in a complex socio-ecosystem: The issue of targeting in payments for ecosystem services

Geoforum

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-13

  Kolinjivadi, Vijay ^a   Grant, Angela ^a   Adamowski, Jan ^a   Kosoy, Nicolás ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; Payments for Ecosystem Services; Poverty; Targeting; Well being

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATURAL RESOURCE; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE USE; TARGETING;

KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 84908310502     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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