Payments for ecosystem services
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Designing environmental markets to incentivise conservation: Lessons from the US
How should policymakers design environmental markets when they might attract participants who were planning to conserve the environment regardless of the market?
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Reducing air pollution: Evidence from payments to reduce crop burning in India
Programmes that pay farmers not to burn crop residue face challenges with compliance, but contracts that include partial upfront payments can help
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Forest conservation in Uganda: Using financial incentives to avert climate change
Payments for ecosystem services programmes for landowners reduce deforestation, presenting a cost-effective approach to cutting CO2 emissions