Framing the private land conservation conversation: Strategic framing of the benefits of conservation participation could increase landholder engagement

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 124-128

  Kusmanoff, Alexander M ^a   Hardy, Mathew J ^a   Fidler, Fiona ^a,b   Maffey, Georgina ^c   Raymond, Christopher ^d   Reed, M S ^e   Fitzsimons, James A ^f,g   Bekessy, Sarah A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^g DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Communications; Conservation; Framing; Market based instruments; Marketing; Private land conservation; Value orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE LAND CONSERVATION;

EID: 84963677216     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.03.016     Document Type: Article

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