A case study of landholder attitudes and behaviour toward the conservation of renosterveld, a critically endangered vegetation type in Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-61

  Winter, Susan J ^a   Prozesky, Heidi ^a   Esler, Karen J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Extension; Incentives; Overberg Coastal Renosterveld; Survey; Willingness to conserve

Indexed keywords

LANDOWNERS; NATURAL HABITATS; OVERBERG COASTAL RENOSTERVELD; WILLINGNESS TO CONSERVE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; OCEAN HABITATS;

VEGETATION;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOREGION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INCENTIVE; LANDHOLDING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION TYPE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT; INTERVIEW; LAND USE; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; OVERBERG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249865019     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0086-0     Document Type: Article

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