Attitudes of coastal-forest users in Eastern Cape Province to management options arising from new South African forest policies

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 519-529

  Obiri, John A F ^a,b   Lawes, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community attitudes; Community forest management; Forestry policy; Participatory forest management; State forests; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; PUBLIC POLICY;

COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT (CFM);

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; REGULATIONS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036953055     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892902000371     Document Type: Article

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