Landowners' Participation in Biodiversity Conservation Examined through the Value-Belief-Norm Theory

Landscape Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-311

  Johansson, Maria ^a   Rahm, Johan ^a   Gyllin, Mats ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; forest reservation; value belief norm theory; wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879988661     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2012.673576     Document Type: Article

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