Exploring the efficiencies of using competitive tenders over fixed price grants to protect biodiversity in Australian rangelands

Land Use Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 388-398

  Windle, Jill ^a   Rolfe, John ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Competitive tender; Conservation auction; Grant; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDHOLDING; RANGELAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 41549132524     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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