Revisiting the concept of payments for environmental services

Ecological Economics

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 234-243

  Wunder, Sven ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conservation; Definition; Incentives; Max Weber; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCENTIVE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84937471311     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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