Evolution of the timber industry along an aging frontier: The case of Paragominas (1990-95)

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 433-448

  Stone, Steven W ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Frontier; Logging; Timber industry

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; FRONTIER REGION; LOGGING; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031878208     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)10056-0     Document Type: Article

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