Managing the risks of ecosystem services markets

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 404-410

  Martin, Paul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Perverse effects; Policy innovation; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021255704     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.05.007     Document Type: Article

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