Missing links between timber scarcity and industrial overcapacity: Lessons from the Indonesian Pulp and Paper expansion

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1056-1070

  Pirard, Romain ^a   Irland, Lloyd C ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Irland Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Forestry; Indonesia; Overcapacity; Price signal; Pulp and paper; Timber scarcity

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL OVERCAPACITY; PRICE SIGNALS; TIMBER SCARCITY;

FORESTRY; INDONESIA; INVESTMENTS; PULP;

TIMBER;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; INVESTMENT; OVERCAPACITY; PAPER INDUSTRY;

EID: 34247481412     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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