Biodiversity conservation attitudes and policy tools for promoting biodiversity in tropical planted forests

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 373-403

  Nghiem, Nhung ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Carbon sequestration; Forest policy tools; Household foresters; Optimal payment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTINCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FORESTRY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCENTIVE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

VIET NAM; YEN BAI;

EID: 84872653538     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0418-8     Document Type: Article

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