Turning Farmers into Conservationists? Progress and Prospects

Geography Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 369-389

  Riley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FUTURE PROSPECT; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 79957994810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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