Payments for Environmental Services in Costa Rica

Payments for Environmental Services in Costa Rica

Costa Rica pioneered the use of the payments for environmental services (PES) approach in developing countries by establishing a formal, country-wide program of payments, the PSA program. The PSA program has worked hard to develop mechanisms to charge the users of environmental services for the serv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pagiola, Stefano
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Economic Development: Agriculture
Natural Resources
Energy
Environment
Other Primary Products O130
Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services
Biodiversity Conservation
Industrial Ecology Q570
Environmental Economics: Government Policy Q580
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4828

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4828

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