Paying for Ecosystem Services Few nations have transformed their path of development in just a few decades, but Costa Rica has. In the 1980's, the small Central American country was losing its forests as fast as any place on earth. Yet this nation of 4.7 million people has regained much of its forest cover, boasts a world-class park system, and stands as a global model for sustainable resource management. Costa Rica took many steps on this impressive road to success. One key step was to begin paying landowners to conserve forest on private land in a program called "Payment for Environment Services."

Is Costa Rica the only nation to have such a program? Obviously not, but what other countries, including the United States, have a program of paying for environmental or ecosystem services? Our discussion this week is to find an article about paying for environmental/ecosystem services. Provide a 100+ word summary of the article along with the source's citation. In addition to posting your article summary