With the rapid development of human society, the self-regulation ability of ecosystem
services has lagged far behind the degree of human destruction. As an effective …

Payments for ecosystem services programs (PESPs) are increasingly being adopted
globally to enhance sustainability outcomes. There are also hundreds of studies yearly on …

Abstract Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) provide conditional incentives for forest
conservation. PES short-term effects on deforestation are well-documented, but we know …

This study examined the effect of sustainable forest management schemes on forest
conservation using remote sensing data on forest change. We applied fixed effect models …

Since the establishment of REDD+, hundreds of projects have emerged around the globe.
Much attention has been given to REDD+ projects in the literature, but the conditions under …

Accurate forest assessment is essential to detect and tackle deforestation, especially in
emerging economies. In Colombia, three different geo-spatial data sources are available for …

The Japanese government introduced a direct payment scheme (DPS) for hilly and
mountainous areas (HMAs) in 2000, with the aim of preventing further farmland …

The impact of deforestation on child nutrition and health in poor regions of the world is a
crucial topic to understand some of the implications of climate change on the wellbeing of …

The on-going degradation of global public goods such as biodiversity and climate regulation
due to the loss of natural tropical ecosystems has generated demand for evidence on the …

Classification-based forest management (CFM) is generally regarded as an important
political means of achieving sustainable forest development. However, in the upsurge of …