Forests as a mirror of rural conditions; Local views on the role of forests across Europe

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-482

  Elands, Birgit H M ^a   O'Leary, Tomás N ^b   Boerwinkel, Henk W J ^a   Wiersum, K Freerk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dept Crop Sci Hort Forest B ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Europe; Forest opinion groups; Forestry; Rural development

Indexed keywords

LANDOWNERS; LOCAL COMMUNITIES; RURAL CONDITIONS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL AREAS;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY;

EID: 4344674225     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2004.01.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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