Degradation of Ecosystem Services and Deforestation in Landscapes With and Without Incentive-Based Forest Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Anthropogenic activities such as logging or forest conversion into agricultural lands are affecting Ecuadorian Amazon forests. To foster private and communal conservation activities an economic incentive-based conservation program (IFC) called Socio Bosque was established. Existing analyses related...

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Main Authors: Paúl Eguiguren, Richard Fischer, Sven Günter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/5/442