Lessons from the queensland rainforests: Steps towards sustainability

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 1-27

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; RAINFOREST; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0030438651     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v03n02_01     Document Type: Article

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