Designing community-based payment scheme for ecosystem services: a case from Koshi Hills, Nepal

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1831-1848

  Bhatta, Laxmi Dutt ^a   Khadgi, Arati ^b   Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^c   Tamang, Bikram ^d   Timalsina, Kiran ^d   Wahid, Shahriar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b WWF Nepal   (Nepal)

^c TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d Government of Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Incentives; Institution; Local government; Water users; Watershed

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCENTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WATERSHED; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NEPAL;

EID: 85019562047     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-017-9969-x     Document Type: Article

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