Can payments for ecosystem services schemes mimic markets?

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 30-37

  Scheufele, Gabriela ^a   Bennett, Jeff ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive tendering; Market principles; Payments for ecosystem services; Resource use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999780251     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.11.005     Document Type: Article

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