Grassland Subsidies Increase the Number of Livestock on the Tibetan Plateau: Why Does the “Payment for Ecosystem Services” Policy Have the Opposite Outcome?

The Grassland Ecological Protection Award Policy was implemented to address severe grassland degradation in China. This policy utilizes grassland subsidies as an incentive to control the number of livestock and has become the largest payment for ecosystem services program. Although many studies have...

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Main Authors: Yan Yu, Ya Wu, Pan Wang, Yili Zhang, Liang Emlyn Yang, Xian Cheng, Jianzhong Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/11/6208