Limits of state-led programs of payment for ecosystem services: Field evidence from the Sloping Land Conversion Program in southwest China

Human Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 749-758

  He, Jun ^a,b   Lang, Rong ^b,c  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficiency; Fairness; Forest governance; Payments for ecosystem services; Sloping land conversion program; Southwest China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946474229     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-015-9782-9     Document Type: Article

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