Motivations and experiences in managing rare semi-natural biotopes: A case from Finland

Land Use Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-137

  Birge, Traci ^a,b   Herzon, Irina ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Cultural landscape; Farmer conservation; High nature value farmland; Semi natural meadows; Traditional rural biotopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOTOPE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; FARMING SYSTEM; MEADOW; NATURE CONSERVATION; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

FINLAND;

EID: 84902261676     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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