Forest owners' decision support in voluntary biodiversity-protection projects

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-658

  Kurttila, Mikko ^a   Leskinen, Pekka ^b   Pykäläinen, Jouni ^c   Ruuskanen, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Metsamonex Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity protection; Compensation fee; Multi criteria decision support; Multiobjective forest planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION; COMPENSATION FEES; INFORMATION CONCERNING; MULTICRITERIA DECISION SUPPORT; MULTIOBJECTIVE FOREST PLANNING; NON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPENSATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDOWNER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPENSATION; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LOGGING;

EURASIA; KARELIA [(ADS) RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 56649092857     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.238     Document Type: Review

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