Deforestation: Correlations, possible causes and some implications

International Forestry Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 278-293

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Global forest convention; Governance; Payments for environmental services

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DEFORESTATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748695635     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.2005.7.4.278     Document Type: Article

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