Governance and implementation challenges for mangrove forest Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): Empirical evidence from the Philippines

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 146-155

  Thompson, Benjamin S ^a   Primavera, Jurgenne H ^b   Friess, Daniel A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Zoological Society of London ^*  (Philippines)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Blue carbon; Conservation; Fishers; Gender; Perverse incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008642064     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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