Community-based preferences for economic incentives to promote biodiversity conservation in a tropical rainforest

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-506

  Ezebilo, E E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Nigeria; Property rights; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROPERTY RIGHTS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL COGNITION; TRANSACTION COST;

NIGERIA;

EID: 77955489846     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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