The chainsaw and the gun: The role of the military in deforesting Indonesia

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 137-166

  Barber, Charles Victor ^a   Talbott, Kirk ^b  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Civil Society; Corruption; Deforestation; Forest conservation; Forest policy; Indonesia; Military; Timber; TNI

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

MILITARY;

FORESTRY;

CORRUPTION; DEFORESTATION; MILITARY INTERVENTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; WAR;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0037249503     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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