Notions of justice in payments for ecosystem services: Insights from China's Sloping Land Conversion Program in Yunnan Province

Land Use Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 207-216

  He, Jun ^a,b,c   Sikor, Thomas ^b  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

China; Justice; Land use change; Livelihoods; Payments for ecosystem services; Policy implementation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REFORESTATION;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84913587843     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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