Has the time come to rethink Canada's Crown forest tenure systems?

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 630-641

  Haley, David ^a   Nelson, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest tenure reform; Public forest policy; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

CANADA; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOREST TENURE REFORM; PUBLIC FOREST POLICY;

FORESTRY;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY POLICY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TENURE SYSTEM;

FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35648970109     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc83630-5     Document Type: Review

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