Personal circumstances and social characteristics as determinants of landholder participation in biodiversity conservation programs

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 292-300

  Moon, Katie ^a,b   Marshall, Nadine ^b   Cocklin, Chris ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Biodiversity; Personal circumstances; Policy; Social determinants; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION POLICY; CONSERVATION PROJECTS; PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCE; PRIVATE LAND; PRIVATE LANDHOLDERS; SOCIAL DETERMINANT; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; TRUST;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LANDHOLDING; LANDOWNERSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PRIVATE LAND; SOCIAL POLICY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TRUST; WELLBEING;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84867236696     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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