In China, the traditional approach to the provision of environmental services has been through ecological compensation payments made directly from the Government to providers of environmental services. This note explores these issues in the context of China and the development of Payment of Ecosystem Services when water is the service being bought and sold. These PES systems are often introduced at the level of a specific watershed or even a larger...
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2007/12/01
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2010/07/01
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Promoting market-oriented ecological compensation mechanisms : payment for ecosystem services in China
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Best Practices
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Dixon,John A.; Xie,Jian.
Promoting market-oriented ecological compensation mechanisms : payment for ecosystem services in China (Chinese). China Addressing Water Scarcity from Analysis to Action Policy Note Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/399131468029072828