Undercutting sustainability: The global problem of illegal logging and trade

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 7-30

  Smith, Wynet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest industry; Illegal logging; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

GLOBAL PROBLEM; ILLEGAL LOGGING; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER PRODUCING COUNTRIES;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

DEFORESTATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER TRADE;

FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LOGGING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12444301864     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v19n01_02     Document Type: Article

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