Tropical moist forests provide a range of goods and services to society. Traditionally, decisions regarding tropical forest land use have been made on the basis of major direct uses of forest land that generate local and national benefits. Typically, this has meant timber extraction and the conversion of forest to agricultural or livestock uses. In recent years increasing attention has been given to the important economic role non-market benefits may play in providing incentives for the conservation of tropical forests. A number of studies have explored the local, national and global benefits generated by non-timber forest products, ecotourism, pharmaceutical prospecting and carbon storage. Another important ecological service that is often...
Abstract Given the importance of protecting watersheds for water conservation, it is necessary to kn...
We evaluated the intention, implementation, and impact of Costa Rica's program of payments for envir...
The Nature Conservancy promote water funds to protect land and water, biodiversity, social justice a...
Tropical moist forests provide a range of goods and services to society. Traditionally, decisions re...
Conventional wisdom amongst environmentalists holds that the cutting of tropical forest for livestoc...
The CREED Costa Rica project conducted an exhaustive quantitative inquiry into the economic factors ...
Many forest conservation projects seek to preserve biodiversity by protecting habitats from exploita...
In Ecuador the organization Fundacion Cordillera Tropical (FCT) convinced in 2008 the Hydroelectric ...
Costa Rica’s National Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) program has been hailed as an example of ...
Ecosystem Services (ES) are the benefits that people derive from the biophysical environment. Paymen...
The Tapanti National Park in Costa Rica comprises a precious but vulnerable tropical rain forest are...
Presented at the Fall 2011 Center for Collaborative Conservation (https://collaborativeconservation....
Conservation of fragmented forest on private land is instrumental to long-term protection of tropica...
Costa Rica’s environmental services payments or “PSA” (“Pagos por servicios ambientales”) program wa...
Many payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs in Latin America aim to provide motivation for e...
Abstract Given the importance of protecting watersheds for water conservation, it is necessary to kn...
We evaluated the intention, implementation, and impact of Costa Rica's program of payments for envir...
The Nature Conservancy promote water funds to protect land and water, biodiversity, social justice a...
Tropical moist forests provide a range of goods and services to society. Traditionally, decisions re...
Conventional wisdom amongst environmentalists holds that the cutting of tropical forest for livestoc...
The CREED Costa Rica project conducted an exhaustive quantitative inquiry into the economic factors ...
Many forest conservation projects seek to preserve biodiversity by protecting habitats from exploita...
In Ecuador the organization Fundacion Cordillera Tropical (FCT) convinced in 2008 the Hydroelectric ...
Costa Rica’s National Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) program has been hailed as an example of ...
Ecosystem Services (ES) are the benefits that people derive from the biophysical environment. Paymen...
The Tapanti National Park in Costa Rica comprises a precious but vulnerable tropical rain forest are...
Presented at the Fall 2011 Center for Collaborative Conservation (https://collaborativeconservation....
Conservation of fragmented forest on private land is instrumental to long-term protection of tropica...
Costa Rica’s environmental services payments or “PSA” (“Pagos por servicios ambientales”) program wa...
Many payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs in Latin America aim to provide motivation for e...
Abstract Given the importance of protecting watersheds for water conservation, it is necessary to kn...
We evaluated the intention, implementation, and impact of Costa Rica's program of payments for envir...
The Nature Conservancy promote water funds to protect land and water, biodiversity, social justice a...