Should commercial forestry in South Africa pay for water? Valuing water and its contribution to the industry

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-326

  Tewari, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Commercial forestry; Marginal value; Residual value; South Africa; Subsidy; Water value

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; TIMBER; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

COMMERCIAL FORESTRY INDUSTRY; DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; GRASSLANDS;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; PRICING POLICY; TIMBER INDUSTRY; WATER DEMAND; WATER STRESS;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; WATER;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22844444582     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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