Water quality management through community engagement in Costa Rica

T Shahady, H Boniface - Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Concerns about stream water quality are increasing in Latin America. Poor sanitation
infrastructure coupled with a high demand from agricultural development, recreational use …

Impact of local payments for ecosystem services on land use in a developed area of China: A qualitative analysis based on an integrated conceptual framework

K Long, H Omrani, BC Pijanowski - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) have increasingly been applied as economic
incentives for improving ecosystem services around the world. However, due to difficulties in …

Spatial and temporal patterns of public and private land protection within the Blue Ridge and Piedmont ecoregions of the eastern US

I Lacher, T Akre, WJ Mcshea, C Fergus - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019 - Elsevier
Protected lands are an established method for conserving biodiversity and ecosystem
services. Moreover, agencies and organizations are increasingly looking to private lands as …

Payments for environmental service's role in landscape connectivity

MA Wood, JA Gilbert, TE Lacher Jr - Environmental conservation, 2020 - cambridge.org
Creating landscapes with connectivity is vital for protecting biodiversity and meeting the
environmental targets embedded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals …

The Policy of Ecological Forest Rangers (EFRs) for the Poor: Goal Positioning and Realistic Choices—Evidence from the Re-Employment Behavior of EFRs in …

Z Yan, F Wei, Y Chen, X Deng, Y Qi - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ecological or environmental compensation policies are usually designed with multiple policy
objectives such as protecting the ecological environment and promoting farmers' livelihoods …

Comparison on eco-compensation between the domestic and international studies

L Guihuan, M Ya, W Yihui, Z Yuanyuan… - Journal of Resources and …, 2018 - BioOne
Because it offers an effective means to alleviate current ecological problems and a way to
coordinate sustainable economic and social development with protection of the …

利用選擇試驗法評估不同土地利用轉換為林地之生態系統服務給付

沈芝貝, 莊晴, 柳婉郁 - 調查研究-方法與應用, 2022 - airitilibrary.com
本研究針對臺灣土地利用轉換之生態系統服務的給付金額進行探討, 以檳榔園,
休耕農地及裸露林地為研究對象, 評估不同土地利用之轉換造林情況下, 生物多樣性 …

Evaluating forest cover and fragmentation in Costa Rica with a corrected global tree cover map

D Cunningham, P Cunningham, ME Fagan - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Global tree cover products face challenges in accurately predicting tree cover across
biophysical gradients, such as precipitation or agricultural cover. To generate a natural …

Planning conservation corridors in mountain areas based on integrated conservation planning models: a case study for a giant panda in the Qionglai Mountains

Y Lu, Q Li, Y Wang, P Xu - Journal of Mountain Science, 2019 - Springer
With the accelerated urbanization, human activities pose serious threats to species because
of fragmentation. Planning conservation corridors between habitats could improve species …

Violent Green Spaces in Neoliberal Central America

M Finley-Brook - Journal of Latin American Geography, 2018 - muse.jhu.edu
The MBC's paired goals of conservation and development remain in tension in the few
places where successful corridor projects emerged. For example, deforestation remains …