How do Alberta's, Ontario's and Quebec's forest operation laws respect ecological sustainable forest management criteria in the boreal forest?

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-71

  Bourgeois, Laurence ^a   Kneeshaw, Daniel ^a   Imbeau, Louis ^b   Bélanger, Nicolas ^c   Yamasaki, Stephen ^d   Brais, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d Institut Quebecois d'Amenagement de la Foret Feuillue IQAFF   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Aquatic environment; Biodiversity; Ontario; Quebec; Soils; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BOREAL FORESTS; PROVINCIAL REGULATIONS;

FORESTRY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER CERTIFICATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CERTIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ONTARIO; QUEBEC; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 35548955601     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc83061-1     Document Type: Article

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