VTechWorks staff will be away for the winter holidays starting Tuesday, December 24, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and will not be replying to requests during this time. Thank you for your patience, and happy holidays!
 

Paying for the hydrological services of Mexico's forests: Analysis, negotiations and results

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz-Piña, C.en
dc.contributor.authorGuevara, A.en
dc.contributor.authorTorres, J. M.en
dc.contributor.authorBraña, J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialMexicoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:31:30Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:31:30Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractMexico's Payment for Hydrological Environmental Services (PSAH) Program contributes to the country's efforts to address high rates of deforestation and water scarcity. Water user fees fund payments to forest owners for the environmental services of watershed protection and aquifer recharge. This paper describes the structure and function of the PSAH and offers assessment of its impacts and effectiveness, with suggestions for improving the program.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier3441en
dc.identifier.citationEcological Economics 65(4): 725-736en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.031en
dc.identifier.issn0921-8009en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67551en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEnvironmental servicesen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subjectProgram planningen
dc.subjectPESen
dc.subjectPositive externalitiesen
dc.subjectWatershed protectionen
dc.subjectMexicoen
dc.titlePaying for the hydrological services of Mexico's forests: Analysis, negotiations and resultsen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

Files

Collections

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase