Assessing preconditions for implementing a Payment for Environmental Services initiative in Cotriguaçu (Mato Grosso, Brazil)

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-38

  Guerra, Raissa ^a  

^a Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Cotrigua u Sempre Verde Project (CSV); Ex ante assessment; Payments for Environmental Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979527256     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.07.009     Document Type: Article

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