Wicked problems and metaforestry: Is the era of management over?

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 505-510

  Wang, Sen ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Criteria and indicators; Ecosystem; Global forest policy; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GLOBAL FOREST POLICY;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EID: 0036662823     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc78505-4     Document Type: Article

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