Ecosystem-Service Payments
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Ecosystem-service payments are direct payments to landowners for measurable ecological outcomes — water-quality improvement, pollinator habitat, biodiversity uplift — beyond the carbon market. The entry treats government (USDA EQIP, EU CAP eco-schemes), private (Nestle, General Mills supplier programs), and intermediated (The Nature Conservancy) variants.