Increasing the efficiency of forest conservation: The case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica

Avoided Deforestation: Prospects for Mitigating Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 208-216

  Engel, Stefanie ^a   Wünscher, Tobias ^b   Wunder, Sven ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Center for Development Research (ZEF)   (Germany)

^c Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Brazil)

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EID: 84909281597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880999     Document Type: Chapter

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