Pagiola, Stefano2016-04-192016-04-192008Ecological Economics 65(4): 712-7240921-8009http://hdl.handle.net/10919/67553Metadata only recordThis article discusses Costa Rica's national payments for environmental services (PES) program (the PSA program).The program design is described and strengths, weaknesses, and areas of progress are assessed.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightCarbon sequestrationBiodiversityPayments for environmental servicesForest managementProgram planningEnvironmental servicesWaterForestsNational planningPESPsaCosta RicaFonafifoEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale GovernanceAbstractCopyright 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.033