Forest cooperatives revisited

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-105

  Hull, R Bruce ^a   Ashton, Sarah ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community economic development; Frogmentation; Sustainability; Value added; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREST COOPERATIVES; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FRAGMENTATION; LANDOWNER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONS; PLANNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649090631     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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