Case Study: The Mexico Forest Fund

Last year, the government of Mexico began paying local landowners to maintain forests as a way of protecting local watersheds and ensuring the provision of watershed services. As the program enters its second year, the Ecosystem Marketplace takes a closer look at how the fund has operated, what people are saying about it, and how it is planning to stimulate local markets, not just for water, but also for carbon and biodiversity.

News notes are courtesy of Southern Forests Network News Notes
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