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Conservation policies and labor markets: unraveling the effects of national parks on local wages in Costa Rica
(Environment for Development, 2010)
Despite the global environmental benefits of increasing the amount of protected areas, how these conservation policies affect the well-being of nearby individuals is still under debate. Using household surveys with highly ...
Deforestation impacts of environmental services payments: Costa Rica's PSA Program 200-2005
(Environment for Development, 2008)
Costa Rica’s environmental services payments program (Pagos por Servicios Ambientales, or PSA) started in 1997 and was the true pioneer in this area. It is broadly cited and has led to numerous calls for emulating its ...