Estimating the cost of protecting groundcover on privately managed properties in the Australian rangelands: The case of the West 2000 Plus Enterprise-Based Conservation scheme

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-87

  Moss, Jonathan ^a   Sinden, Jack ^a   Stayner, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

market based instruments; private costs; social costs; trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857735726     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ10069     Document Type: Review

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