Economic incentives for sustainable management: A small optimal control model for tropical forestry

Ecological Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-265

  Bach, Christian Friis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ghana; Incentives; Low impact logging; Sustainability; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MODELING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

GHANA;

EID: 0032857603     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(98)00118-9     Document Type: Article

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