Considering farmer land use decisions in efforts to ‘scale up’ Payments for Watershed Services

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• 作者：Ryan C. Richards^a ; ^b ; ; Chris J. Kennedy^a ; Thomas E. Lovejoy^a ; Pedro H.S. Brancalion^c
• 关键词：Payment for ecosystem services ; Participation ; Environmental compliance ; Forest restoration ; PES governance ; PES legislation ; PES financing ; Water policy ; Biodiversity protection ; Payments for watershed services
• 刊名：Ecosystem Services
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：23
• 期：Complete
• 页码：238-247
• 全文大小：748 K
• 卷排序：23

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An analysis was conducted of factors that may affect farmer decisions to enroll in PWS in Brazil. Existing PWS account for opportunity costs of production, but other factors affect land use change. Future PWS need to account for these issues to reduce enrollment costs and barriers to participation.