Bennett, M. T.2016-04-192016-04-192008Ecological Economics 65(4): 699-7110921-8009http://hdl.handle.net/10919/67537Metadata only recordThis article discusses China's Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP), assessing both innovative and problematic aspects of the program. Four suggestions to improve the program are: 1) greater community involvement; 2) more technical and financial support; 3) clearer specification of the targeted environmental services and expectations; and 4) integration of SLCP with other rural policies.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightPayments for environmental servicesProgram planningGovernment policyAfforestationLand use managementForestsPESChinaSloping land conversion program (slcp)ImplementationProgram designFarm/Enterprise Scale GovernanceAbstractCopyright 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.09.017