Building long-term commitment by landholders to conservation of native vegetation: Characteristics of successful programs

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2413-2421

  Race, D ^a   Curtis, A ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commitment; Environmental policy instruments; Environmental programs; Landholder; Participation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION MAKING; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE TESTING; VEGETATION;

BENEFITS AND COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; LIMITED CAPACITY; NATIONAL PROGRAM; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POLICY OBJECTIVES; PRIVATE LANDHOLDERS;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

EID: 85086273185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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