Citation: Kishor Aryal, Laxmi Dutt Bhatta, Prakash S. Thapa, Sunita Ranabhat, Nilhari Neupane, Jagannath Joshi, Kanchan Shrestha, Arun Bhakta Shrestha. Payment for ecosystem services: could it be sustainable financing mechanism for watershed services in Nepal?[J]. Green Finance, 2019, 1(3): 221-236. doi: 10.3934/GF.2019.3.221
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