Demand for enhanced forest amenities in private lands: The case of the Ruka-Kuusamo tourism area, Finland

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-13

  Tyrväinen, Liisa ^a   Mäntymaa, Erkki ^a   Ovaskainen, Ville ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Choice experiment method; Environmental benefits; Market based mechanisms; Nature based tourism; Payments for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; REFORESTATION;

CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS; NATURE-BASED TOURISM; PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES;

TOURISM;

EID: 84907711838     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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