Does commercialization of a non-timber forest product reduce ecological impact? A case study of the Critically Endangered Aquilaria crassna in Lao PDR

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-221

  Jensen, Anders ^a   Meilby, Henrik ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agarwood; Aquilaria crassna; Gaharu; Laos; Non timber forest product; NTFP; South east Asia

Indexed keywords

CITES; COMMERCIALIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RED LIST;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AQUILARIA CRASSNA;

EID: 42149174275     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308007825     Document Type: Article

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