If the price is right: Farmer attitudes to producing environmental services

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-46

  Patrick, I ^a   Barclay, E ^a   Reeve, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Environmental services; Farms; Markets; Willingness to be paid

Indexed keywords

FARM; POLICY MAKING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 65349106006     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2009.9725215     Document Type: Article

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