Payments for environmental services (PES) have attracted increasing interest as amechanism to translate external, non-market values of the environment into real financial incentives for local actors to provide environmental services (ES). In this introductory paper, we set the stage for the rest ...
Engel, S.
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Pagiola, S.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: an overview of the issues]
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Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: an overview of the issues
Engel, S.
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Palmer, C.
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[Who owns the right? The determinants of community benefits from logging in Indonesia]
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Who owns the right? The determinants of community benefits from logging in Indonesia
Wunder, Sven
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Engel, S.
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Pagiola, S.
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[Taking stock: a comparative analysis of payments for environmental services programs in developed and developing countries]
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Taking stock: a comparative analysis of payments for environmental services programs in developed and developing countries
Wunscher, T.
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Engel, S.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Spatial targeting of payments for environmental services: a tool for boosting conservation benefits]
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Spatial targeting of payments for environmental services: a tool for boosting conservation benefits
Engel, S.
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Pagiola, S.
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Wunder, Sven
,
[Payments for environmental services in theory and practice: an overview of the issues]
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Payments for environmental services in theory and practice: an overview of the issues
Costa Rica was the first developing country to have implemented a nation-wide program of payments for environmental services. We analyze whether the efficiency of the program could be increased through better targeting techniques and propose a targeting mechanism which takes into account the spat...
Wunscher, T.
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Engel, S.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Payments for environmental services in Costa Rica: increasing efficiency through spatial differentiation]
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Payments for environmental services in Costa Rica: increasing efficiency through spatial differentiation
Payments for environmental services (PES) are an increasingly used instrument both for financing and implementing conservation. The Costa Rican national PES scheme is often considered as a leading model in this regard. We find that improved targeting could substantially increase the efficiency of...
Engel, S.
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Wunscher, T.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Increasing the efficiency of conservation spending: the case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica]
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Increasing the efficiency of conservation spending: the case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica
Engel, S.
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López, R.
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Palmer, C.
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[Community-industry contracting over natural resource use in a context of weak property rights: the case of Indonesia]
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Community-industry contracting over natural resource use in a context of weak property rights: the case of Indonesia
Engel, S.
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Wunscher, T.
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Wunder, Sven
,
[Increasing the efficiency of forest conservation: The case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica]
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Increasing the efficiency of forest conservation: The case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica
Wunder, Sven
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Engel, S.
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Pagiola, S.
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[Payments for environmental services in developing and developed countries]
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Payments for environmental services in developing and developed countries