Time to measure the impacts of certification on sustainable forest management

Unasylva

Volumn 55, Issue 219, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Ozinga, Saskia ^a  

^a FERN   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER CERTIFICATION;

EID: 17444377567     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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