Natural forest management as a conservation tool in the tropics: Divergent views on possibilities and alternatives

Commonwealth Forestry Review

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-315

  Dickinson, Matthew B ^a   Dickinson, Joshua C ^b   Putz, Francis E ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Forest Management Trust   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Community forestry; Deforestation; Natural forest management; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; TIMBER PRODUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0030404732     PISSN: 00103381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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