The integration of economics and the environment through incentives : an overview of the Costa Rican success story
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Blignaut, James Nelson
Anderson, H.J.
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Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
Abstract
Conservation is often perceived as the responsibility of the landowners. If landowners fail to benefit from conservation, they inevitably view it as profiteroding and it becomes less attractive than alternative land-use practices. Costa Rica has successfully internalised the benefits provided by forestry environmental services. Valuable lessons could be learnt from the Costa Rican experience in using economic incentives for environmental management.
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Conservation, Economics, Costa Rica, Deforestation, Environmental management, Forestry environmental services, Funding, Payment schemes, Primary forests, South Africa
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Blignaut, JN & Anderson, HJ 2002, 'The integration of economics and the environment through incentives: an overview of the Costa Rican success story', South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 297-307. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ecoman.html]