Payments for environmental services in Costa Rica
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Payments for Environmental Services in Costa Rica
Costa Rica pioneered the use of the payments for environmental services (PES) approach in developing countries by establishing a formal, country-wide program of payments, the PSA program. The PSA program has worked hard to develop mechanisms to charge the users of environmental services for the services they receive. It has made substantial progress in charging water users, and more limited pro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Economics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0921-8009
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.033