Bridging the gap: Phytotrade africa’s experience of the certification of natural products

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Welford, Lucy ^a   Breton, Gus Le ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fair trade; Non timber forest products (NTFPs); Organic; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER CERTIFICATION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 42249083781     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2008.9752618     Document Type: Article

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