Promoting market-oriented ecological compensation mechanisms : payment for ecosystem services in China (English)

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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Dixon,John A.;

Xie,Jian;
Document Date
2007/12/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
42177
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1
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1
Country
China,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Promoting market-oriented ecological compensation mechanisms : payment for ecosystem services in China
Keywords
ecosystem service

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Dixon,John A.; Xie,Jian.

Promoting market-oriented ecological compensation mechanisms : payment for ecosystem services in China (English). China Addressing Water Scarcity from Analysis to Action Policy Note Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/677621468213920357

Promoting market-oriented ecological compensation mechanisms : payment for ecosystem services in China (English)

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