Framing the biodiversity of agricultural landscape: The essence of local conceptions and constructions

Land Use Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-321

  Soini, Katriina ^a   Aakkula, Jyrki ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agri environmental programmes; Agricultural landscape; Biodiversity; Biodiversity policy; Landscape aesthetics; Lay knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; PERCEPTION; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAMMI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33847134769     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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