Modelling trade offs between public and private conservation policies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 558-566

  Gordon, Ascelin ^a   Langford, William T ^a   White, Matt D ^b   Todd, James A ^c   Bastin, Lucy ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Division   (Australia)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation on private land; Conservation planning; Grassland; Incentive program; Market based instruments; Policy modelling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GRASSLAND; LANDHOLDING; POLICY ANALYSIS; PRIVATE LAND; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 78751569528     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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