Aesthetics: Are we neglecting a critical issue in certification for sustainable forest management?

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 6-11

  Sheppard, Stephen R J ^a   Achiam, Cecilia ^b   D'Eon, Robert G ^c  

^a Faculty of Forestry   (Canada)

^b City of Surrey   (Canada)

^c Nelson   (Canada)

Author keywords

Public perceptions; Third party certification

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC WORKS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

AESTHETICS; ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FORESTRY;

ESTHETICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; TIMBER CERTIFICATION;

EID: 3242751308     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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