Making adaptive management for biodiversity work - The example of Weyerhaeuser in coastal British Columbia

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-43

  Bunnell, Fred L ^a   Dunsworth, B G ^b  

^a Forest Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b Weyerhaeuser Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biodiversity; Indicators; Monitoring; Variable retention harvesting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL TENURE; FOREST PLANNING; VARIABLE RETENTION;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442513302     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc80037-1     Document Type: Review

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