How financial compensation changes forest owners' willingness to set baside productive forest areas for nature conservation in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 564-573

  Boon, Tove Enggrob ^a   Broch, Stine Wamberg ^a   Meilby, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Binary logit model; Effectiveness of policy instruments; Forest policy schemes; Owner motivation; Unmanaged forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCE; MOTIVATION;

BINARY LOGIT MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS; FINANCIAL COMPENSATION; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; FOREST OWNERS; FOREST POLICY; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; UNMANAGED FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; DENMARK; FINANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTIVATION; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP;

EID: 78649485306     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.512875     Document Type: Article

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