Recent trends in illegal logging and a brief discussion of their causes: A case study from Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 181-212

  Hiller, Marc A ^a   Jarvis, Benjamin C ^b   Lisa, Hikma ^b   Paulson, Laura J ^c   Pollard, Edward H B ^d   Stanley, Scott A ^e  

^a Institute for Tropical Technology   (Viet Nam)

^b Tropical Forest Trust   (Indonesia)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d Old Vicarage   (United Kingdom)

^e Nature Conserv E Kalimantan Prog   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Borneo; Community based natural resource management; Illegal logging; Indonesia; Land tenure; Peat swamp forests

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CASH INCOME; CRITICAL FACTORS; ILLEGAL LOGGING; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

LAND TENURE; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATIONAL PARK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; LEGISLATION; LOGGING; MARKETING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GUNUNG PALUNG NATIONAL PARK; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST KALIMANTAN; WORLD;

EID: 4444320981     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v19n01_09     Document Type: Article

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