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Payment for environment services: China's experiences of rewarding upland poor

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This book is a product of collaboration among researchers from the Regional Development Research Center of Yunnan University and other organizations. The World Agro-Forestry Research Center Kunming Office provides valuable financial support as well as technical support. The book consists of three sections. The first section includes two papers that review the policy of payment for environment services and synthesize case studies. The second section includes all case studies selected. The third section selects one watershed and studies various issues related to payment for environment services.
    Publication year

    2009

    Authors

    Lu X; He J

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    ecology, economics, environment, natural history, upland areas

    Geographic

    China

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