An empirical evaluation of private landowner participation in voluntary forest conservation programs

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 468-484

  Kauneckis, Derek ^a   York, Abigail M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use policy; Private lands; Voluntary programs

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST COVER; INDIANA; LAND RESOURCES; LAND-USE POLICY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MARKET-BASED APPROACH; PRIVATE LAND; PRIVATE LANDOWNERS; PRIVATE LANDS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE PORTFOLIO; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; URBAN CENTERS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LANDOWNER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRIVATE LAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAND USE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIANA; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATE SECTOR;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

INDIANA; MONROE COUNTY [INDIANA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68849093895     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9327-3     Document Type: Article

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