A Landholder-Based Approach to the Design of Private-Land Conservation Programs;Un Método Basado en Propietarios para el Diseño de Programas de Conservación en Terrenos Privados

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-503

  Moon, Katie ^a   Cocklin, Chris ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; Conservation policy; Landholder attitudes; Tropics

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INCENTIVE; LANDHOLDING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLICY ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MOTIVATION; QUEENSLAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79955845651     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01639.x     Document Type: Article

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