Family forest landowners' interest in and perceptions of forest certification: Focus group findings from Minnesota

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-81

  Leahy, Jessica E ^a   Kilgore, Michael A ^b   Hibbard, Calder M ^c   Donnay, Jacob S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Minnesota Forest Resources Council   (United States)

^d Pinchot Institute for Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Family forests; Forest certification; Nonindustrial private forestland; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

LAND USE;

CERTIFICATION COSTS; CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS; FAMILY FORESTS; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; FOREST CERTIFICATION; NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTLANDS; PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 45249096022     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/25.2.73     Document Type: Article

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