The ecological sustainability of tropical forest management: Evaluation of the national forest management standards of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, with emphasis on the need for adaptive management

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-431

  McGinley, Kathleen ^a   Finegan, Bryan ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Costa Rica; Criteria and indicators; Forest management standards; Nicaragua; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INNOVATION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0344962444     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9341(03)00040-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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