Sustainable management of uneven-aged private forests: A case study from Ontario, Canada

Ecological Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-146

  Kant, Shashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological and environmental values; Fiscal policies; Growth model; Income tax; Property tax; Tax rebate program

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MODELING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032770444     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(98)00106-2     Document Type: Article

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