Collaborative forest management in Victoria’s Wombat State Forest — will it serve the interests of the wider community?

Australian Forestry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 192-201

  Poynter, Mark ^a  

^a Forest and Natural Resource Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community education; Community forestry; Forest management; Silvicultural systems; Timber harvesting; Victoria; Yield targets

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; HARVESTING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TIMBER; WOOD;

COMMUNITY EDUCATION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS; TIMBER HARVESTING; YIELD TARGETS;

FORESTRY;

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HARVESTING; VICTORIA; WOOD;

EID: 26444585078     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2005.10674965     Document Type: Article

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