Conservation contracts for forest biodiversity: Theory and experience from Finland

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-211

  Juutinen, Artti ^a   Ollikainen, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity auction; Conservation rents; Voluntary conservation

Indexed keywords

AUCTION MODEL; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY VALUES; CONSERVATION COSTS; FINLAND; FINNISH; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FOREST HABITATS; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDY AREAS; VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 77950344690     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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