Reducing waste during logging and log processing: Forest conservation in eastern Amazonia

Unasylva

Volumn , Issue 187, 1996, Pages 17-25

  Gerwing, J J ^a,b   Johns, J S ^c   Vidal, E ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inst Homem Meio Ambiente Amazonia   (Brazil)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IMAZON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING; LOGGING IMPACT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIMBER PROCESSING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE REDUCTION;

BRAZIL, PARA STATE;

EID: 0030404718     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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