Paying for Environmental Services: An analysis of participation in Costa Rica's PSA Program

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dc.contributor.authorZbinden, S.en
dc.contributor.authorLee, D. R.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialCosta Ricaen
dc.coverage.spatialCentral Americaen
dc.coverage.temporal1997 - 2002en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:43Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:43Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractSummary: Costa Rica has long been a leader among developing countries in the design of and experimentation with innovative environmental programs. Since 1997, Costa Rica's "Pagos de Servicios Ambientales" (Payments for Environmental Services) Program has provided payments to more than 4,400 farmers and forest owners for reforestation, forest conservation, and sustainable forest management activities. Econometric analysis of a survey of farmers and forest owners, including both PSA participants and nonparticipants, shows that farm size, human capital and household economic factors, and information variables significantly influence participation in PSA program alternatives. Large farmers and forest owners are disproportionately represented among program participants.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2446en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Development 33(2): 255-272en
dc.identifier.issn0305-750Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66942en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherGreat Britain: Elsevieren
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEconomic analysesen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectForest managementen
dc.subjectSustainable forestryen
dc.subjectReforestationen
dc.subjectCosta Ricaen
dc.subjectPagos por Servicios Ambientales (PSA)en
dc.subjectForest conservationen
dc.subjectSustainable forest managementen
dc.subjectEnvironmental paymentsen
dc.subjectProgram participationen
dc.subjectConservation programsen
dc.subjectCentral americaen
dc.subjectMarket-based incentivesen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titlePaying for Environmental Services: An analysis of participation in Costa Rica's PSA Programen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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