Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation
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Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation.
Engaging private landowners in conservation activities for imperiled species is critical to maintaining and enhancing biodiversity. Market-based approaches can incentivize conservation behaviors on private lands by shifting the benefit-cost ratio of engaging in activities that result in net conservation benefits for target species. In the United States and elsewhere, voluntary conservation agre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Applications
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1051-0761
DOI: 10.1890/12-1878.1