Is market-oriented forest conservation a contradiction in terms?

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-145

  Crook, Carolyn ^a   Clapp, Roger Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity prospecting; Biological diversity; Natural forest management; Non timber forest products; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031859676     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892998000186     Document Type: Article

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