The gaharu trade in Indonesia: Is it sustainable?

Economic Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-284

  Soehartono, Tonny ^a,b   Newton, Adrian C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DG Forest Protection and Nature Conservation   (Indonesia)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CITES; Gaharu; Harvesting; NTFP; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AQUILARIA; THYMELAEACEAE;

EID: 0036768604     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2002)056[0271:TGTIII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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