"The central challenge of tropical biodiversity conservation involves reconciling private and social incentives to … 'internalize' externalities. Positive externalities of natural resource conservation accrue at the local, national and global … levels, although the costs of conservation are frequently borne locally. Under these circumstances, it becomes extremely …

incentives in the adoption of conservation practices. The research was carried out in the tropical savannas region of Australia …The adoption of conservation practices is a complex matter – rural landholders consider a wide variety of factors and … characteristics when deciding whether to adopt a conservation practice. To confound the issue, recent research has suggested that the …

results also suggest that conservation policy for private lands could be improved by relying on a combination of incentives … incentives to complement this regulatory approach. This paper examines the potential of incentives programs to elicit … conservation-oriented management choices from landowners. Data obtained from a survey of non-industrial private forest owners in …