Zoning of timber extraction in the Brazilian Amazon

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-136

  Veríssimo, Adalberto ^a   Souza Jr , Carlos ^b   Stone, Steve ^a,b   Uhl, Christopher ^a,c  

^a Inst do Homem Meio Ambiente Amazona   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVRIONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LOGGING; TIMBER HARVESTING; ZONING SYSTEM;

BRAZIL, PARA STATE;

SWIETENIA;

EID: 0345196002     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96234.x     Document Type: Article

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