Review of agri-environment indexes and stewardship payments

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-236

  Hajkowicz, Stefan ^a   Collins, Kerry ^a   Cattaneo, Andrea ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Natural resource management; Program design; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENT; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDIES; CRITICAL COMPONENTS; ENVIRONMENT INDICES; ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS; GENERIC PROCEDURES; INVESTMENT OPTIONS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PROGRAM DESIGN; STEWARDSHIP; UNITED KINGDOMS; UNITED STATES; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INCENTIVE; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY REFORM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149465378     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9170-y     Document Type: Article

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