A market mechanism in which a beneficiary of an ecological service (such as a downstream city) pays an upstream provider for measurable maintenance or restoration of that service.
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Extracted from the BioHub Glossary CSV export (Notion, August 2026). Source cell classified as Term. First-pass entry: the extended definition, contrast with adjacent terms, and usage-in-context sections require enrichment from the underlying project documents on a subsequent pass.