Using nonmarket valuation to target conservation payments: An example involving Georgia's private forests

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 261-270

  Moore, Rebecca ^a   Williams, Tiffany ^b   Rodriguez, Eduardo ^c   Hepinstall Cymerman, Jeffrey ^d  

^a BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Conservation targeting; Nonmarket valuation; Payments for ecosystem services; Stated choice

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT TRANSFER; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; NON-MARKET VALUATION; PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; STATED CHOICE; STATED CHOICE EXPERIMENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST; PRIORITIZATION; PRIVATE LAND; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MARKET RESEARCH; PAYMENT;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881235466     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.12-079     Document Type: Article

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