Examining equity: a multidimensional framework for assessing equity in payments for ecosystem services
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In this paper, the authors present a systematic framework for the analysis of equity that can be used to examine how local equity is affected as the global value of ecosystem services changes, and how these dimensions are shaped by the scale and target group of concern, the framing of goals with respect to equity and how the decisions about the content, target and aims of equity are taken.About:
This article is published in Environmental Science & Policy.The article was published on 2013-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 418 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Equity capital markets & Equity risk.read more
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Evaluating governance for sustainable development - Insights from experiences in the Dutch fen landscape.
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How fair can incentive-based conservation get? The interdependence of distributional and contextual equity in Vietnam's payments for Forest Environmental Services Program
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