Improving ecological conservation and restoration through payment for ecosystem services in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 31, Issue , 2018, Pages 181-193

  Huang, Lin ^a   Shao, Quanqin ^a   Liu, Jiyuan ^a   Lu, Qingshui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine regions; Ecological restoration and conservation; Ecosystem change; Payment for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046162234     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.04.005     Document Type: Article

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