Knowledge exchange: a review and research agenda for environmental management

I Fazey, AC Evely, MS Reed, LC Stringer… - Environmental …, 2013 - cambridge.org
There is increasing emphasis on the need for effective ways of sharing knowledge to
enhance environmental management and sustainability. Knowledge exchange (KE) are …

Reframing the concept of alternative livelihoods

JH Wright, NAO Hill, D Roe, JM Rowcliffe… - Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Alternative livelihood project (ALP) is a widely used term for interventions that aim to reduce
the prevalence of activities deemed to be environmentally damaging by substituting them …

An evolutionary game analysis of governments' decision-making behaviors and factors influencing watershed ecological compensation in China

X Gao, J Shen, W He, F Sun, Z Zhang, W Guo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
As a way to coordinate the interests of multi-government and solve the problem of
transboundary water pollution, watershed ecological compensation system has been …

What factors influence participation in payment for ecosystem services programs? An evaluation of Ecuador's SocioPáramo program

LL Bremer, KA Farley, D Lopez-Carr - Land use policy, 2014 - Elsevier
PES programs have been touted as a means to achieve conservation goals while also
alleviating poverty and promoting rural development. However, the degree to which these …

Eco-compensation in China: Theory, practices and suggestions for the future

W Shang, Y Gong, Z Wang, MJ Stewardson - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Eco-compensation is the most important form of compensatory conservation in China.
However, this compensatory mechanism is criticized for vague definition and massive …

The maturation of ecosystem services: Social and policy research expands, but whither biophysically informed valuation?

KMA Chan, T Satterfield - People and Nature, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

How do community-based conservation programs in developing countries change human behaviour? A realist synthesis

D Nilsson, G Baxter, JRA Butler, CA McAlpine - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
Community-based conservation programs often target local communities with the aim of
altering their behaviours to achieve conservation outcomes. However, these programs can …

Evaluating communities' willingness to participate in ecosystem conservation in Southeast Tibetan Nature Reserves, China

L Xu, W Xu, C Jiang, H Dai, Q Sun, K Cheng, CH Lee… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Southeast Tibet is significant in maintaining key ecological functions and providing
irreplaceable ecosystem services but is also extremely vulnerable and susceptible to the …

Designing payments for ecosystem services schemes: some considerations

B Adhikari, G Boag - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent literature on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) to
understand the conditions influencing the successful implementation of PES schemes and …

Costs and perceptions conditioning willingness to accept payments for ecosystem services in a Brazilian case

RS Da Motta, RA Ortiz - Ecological economics, 2018 - Elsevier
This study analyzes the willingness of farmers to accept payments for ecosystem services in
the Paraíba do Sul River basin applying a contingent valuation methodology. Ecosystem …