Analysis of the certified forest products market in Japan

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-120

  Owari, Toshiaki ^a   Sawanobori, Yoshihide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Forest Policy Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PUBLISHING;

FOREST CERTIFICATION; PUBLISHED DIRECTORIES;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST PRODUCTS; PUBLISHING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 34250669575     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: 1436736X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-006-0166-0     Document Type: Article

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