Comparing conventional and new policy approaches for carnivore conservation: Theoretical results and application to tiger conservation

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-301

  Zabel, Astrid ^a   Pittel, Karen ^b   Bostedt, Göran ^c   Engel, Stefanie ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Conservation incentives; India; Payments for environmental services; Performance payments; Wildlife livestock conflicts

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; INDIA; PAYMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; PERFORMANCE PAYMENTS; WILDLIFE-LIVESTOCK CONFLICTS;

AGRICULTURE;

CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HUNTING; INCENTIVE; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY APPROACH; PREDATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 79551506829     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9411-4     Document Type: Article

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