Rural households' attitude and economic strategies toward the conversion of cropland to forest and grassland program (CCFG): A case study in qira, china

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1039-1047

  Ma, Hua ^a   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Xing, Ying ^a,b   He, Guizhen ^a   Sun, Yamei ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude; Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program (CCFG); Household strategy; Qira

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; CONVERSION OF CROPLAND TO FOREST AND GRASSLAND PROGRAM (CCFG); ECOLOGICAL PRESERVATION; ECONOMIC STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; FOREST AND GRASSLAND; HOUSEHOLD STRATEGY; INCOME GENERATION; INCOME LEVELS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; LOGIT MODELS; POOR HOUSEHOLDS; PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION; QIRA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; STRATEGY CHOICES; TECHNICAL SERVICE;

SURVEYS;

ARABLE LAND; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; MARKETING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HOUSEHOLD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TILLAGE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POACEAE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREES; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIRA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 67349162555     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9290-z     Document Type: Article

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