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FAO and ITTO highlight vast potential of payments for environmental services for conservation of tropical forests

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In 1996, Costa Rica pioneered the first in a tropical country PES approach which resulted in an increase in the overall forest cover. A wildlife natural park, Cartago, Costa Rica.