Forest owners' willingness to accept contracts for ecosystem service provision is sensitive to additionality

Ecological Economics

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-24

  Vedel, Suzanne Elizabeth ^a   Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl ^a   Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Groundwater; Payment for environmental services; Recreational access

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LANDOWNER; POLICY MAKING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84924237157     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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