Diffusion of voluntary protection among family forest owners: Decision process and success factors

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-90

  Korhonen, Katri ^a   Hujala, Teppo ^b   Kurttila, Mikko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Communication channels; Diffusion of innovation; Innovation decision process; Policy implementation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DECISION PROCESS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; FAMILY FORESTS; FINLAND; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FOREST OWNERS; INNOVATION-DECISION PROCESS; IS INNOVATIONS; LAND ACQUISITION; PROTECTED AREAS; PROTECTION MEASURES; SUCCESS FACTORS; VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING;

EID: 84870492153     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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