Paying for forest environmental services: The Costa Rican experience

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dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Zúñiga, J. M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialCosta Ricaen
dc.coverage.spatialLatin Americaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:19Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:19Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractThis article provides an overview of the evolution of Costa Rica's Environmental Services payment programme mechanisms for paying forest owners for the environmental services they provide. The author discusses the historical development of the legal and institutional frameworks for the program mechanisms briefly describes the various sources of funding for the program are briefly described.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier2340en
dc.identifier.citationUnasylva 212, Vol. 54: 31-33en
dc.identifier.other2340_Pay_forest_ES_Costa_Rican_experience.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66827en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherFAOen
dc.relation.uriftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/005/y4744e/y4744e07.pdfen
dc.rightsReproduction and dissemination of material in this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged.en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectEcological restorationen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectEnvironmental servicesen
dc.subjectConservation strategyen
dc.subjectForestsen
dc.subjectNational planningen
dc.subjectCosta Ricaen
dc.subjectCompensationen
dc.subjectSmallholder ownersen
dc.subjectIncentive mechanismsen
dc.subjectEnvironmental services payment programmeen
dc.subjectFuel taxen
dc.subjectForest lawsen
dc.subjectEnvironmental service certificatesen
dc.subjectFonafifoen
dc.subjectEcosystem Governanceen
dc.titlePaying for forest environmental services: The Costa Rican experienceen
dc.title.alternativePago por los servicios ambientales: La experiencia de Costa Ricaen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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