Old growth logging: does it matter if environmental protection costs jobs?

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-220

  Gale, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental protection; forest policy; jobs; preelection politics; Tasmania; transition strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548769310     PISSN: 17418437     EISSN: 17418445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2005.006385     Document Type: Article

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