Assessing conservation opportunity on private land: Socio-economic, behavioral, and spatial dimensions

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2513-2523

  Raymond, Christopher M ^a   Brown, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation behavior; Conservation opportunity; Conservation priority; Economic factors; Native vegetation conservation; Socio demographic factors

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARM SIZE; LANDHOLDING; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITIZATION; PRIVATE LAND; RANGELAND; REVEGETATION; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDITY; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; COORONG; MALLEE; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 79960840140     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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