Engaging Australian small-scale lifestyle landowners in natural resource management programmes - Perceptions, past experiences and policy implications

Land Use Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 618-627

  Meadows, John ^a   Emtage, Nick ^a   Herbohn, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amenity landscapes; Forest management; Incentive programmes; Multi purpose agroforestry; Qualitative research; Small acreage landowners

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; INCENTIVE; LANDOWNER; LIFESTYLE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERCEPTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84887566556     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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