Motivations and attitudes influence farmers' willingness to participate in biodiversity conservation contracts

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-165

  Greiner, Romy ^a,b  

^a River Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Northern Australia; Payments for environmental services; Rangelands; Stewardship; Tropical savannas

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LANDHOLDING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RANGELAND; SAVANNA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84929324997     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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