Factors affecting land reconversion plans following a payment for ecosystem service program

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1740-1747

  Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Lupi, Frank ^a   He, Guangming ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^b   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Grain to Green Program; Post program land use; Sustainability; Tobit; Wolong Nature Reserve

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WOLONG NATURE RESERVE;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 67349217382     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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