Promoting better logging practices in tropical forests: A simulation analysis of alternative regulations

Land Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Boscolo, Marco ^a   Vincent, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING; REGULATORY APPROACH; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0034095715     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147253     Document Type: Article

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