Wildlands Project2016-04-192016-04-192007-05-15http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66776Metadata only recordIn early 2000, the Tucson-based Wildlands Project and five Mexican conservation groups signed an agreement with a local land cooperative to protect nesting sites of half of the world's remaining Thick-billed Parrots. The 15-year renewable agreement, the first of its kind in Mexico, will compensate members of the cooperative for forgone timber revenues through cash payments and other benefits.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightWildlifeBiodiversityPayments for environmental servicesForest ecosystemsEndangered speciesForestsHabitat destructionEcosystemAbstract