Designing conservation tenders to support landholder participation: A framework and case study assessment

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-92

  Whitten, Stuart M ^a   Reeson, Andrew ^a   Windle, Jill ^b   Rolfe, John ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation auctions; Conservation tenders; Market based instruments; Participation; Payment for ecosystem services; Tender design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890052924     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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