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PAYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is a type of market-based instrument that is increasingly used to finance nature conservation.

CONT

[A] common form of payment for ecosystem services is compensating upstream landowners for managing their land in ways that maintain downstream water quality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Instrument économique pour l'environnement consistant en la rémunération d'une personne ou d'une organisation qui rend un service environnemental.

OBS

paiement pour service environnemental; PSE : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 19 janvier 2025.

Spanish

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