Contrasts in conservation attitudes and agricultural practices between farmers operating in wetlands and a plain in Macedonia, Greece

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-82

  Pyrovetsi, Myrto ^a   Daoutopoulos, George ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Common Agricultural Policy; Conservation attitudes; Farming in wet lands; Greece; Wetland conservation

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PRACTICE; FARMERS' ATTITUDES; PLAIN; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHING; GREECE; POLICY;

GREECE, MACEDONIA;

EID: 0030959784     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689299700012X     Document Type: Article

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