The reliability of product-specific eco-labels as an agrobiodiversity management instrument

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4109-4129

  Van Amstel, Mariëtte ^a,b   De Brauw, Claar ^b   Driessen, Peter ^b   Glasbergen, Pieter ^b  

^a ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural biodiversity; Biodiversity management; Eco labels; Industry self regulation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLABELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 36148992285     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9210-6     Document Type: Article

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