Sustainable forest management as an approach to regional development in the Russian Federation: State and trends in Kovdozersky Model Forest in the Barents region

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 568-581

  Elbakidze, Marine ^a,b   Angelstam, Per ^b   Axelsson, Robert ^b  

^a IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV   (Ukraine)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barents region; Forest policy; Governance; Implementation; Landscape case study; Model Forest; Rural development; Russian Federation; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOREST POLICY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37149048689     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580701804179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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