Experience with ntfp certification in Brazil

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-54

  Guedes Pinto, Luis Fernando ^a   Stanley, Patricia ^b   Gomes, Patricia Cota ^a   Robinson, Dawn ^c  

^a Imaflora The Institute of Agricultural and Forest Management and Certification   (Brazil)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c Frewin Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Forest management; FSC; Markets and marketing; Non timber forest products; Private sector; Public policies

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PRIVATE SECTOR; SMALLHOLDER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42249108025     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2008.9752616     Document Type: Article

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