How can we feign sustainability with an increasing population?

New Forests

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 193-212

  South, David B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Land base; Limited resources; Plantation; Wood supply

Indexed keywords

PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION PRESSURE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EID: 0032765575     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006596027365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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