Adaptive risk management for certifiably sustainable forestry

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1311-1319

  Wintle, B A ^a   Lindenmayer, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive risk management; Due diligence; Forest certification; Monitoring; Multi model inference; Population viability analysis (PVA)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCE; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INSURANCE; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADAPTIVE RISK; ADAPTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DUE DILIGENCE; FOREST CERTIFICATION; FOREST CERTIFICATION SCHEMES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MONITORING; MONITORING INFORMATION; MULTI-MODEL INFERENCE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS (PVA); PROTECTED AREAS;

MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CERTIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FINANCE; FORESTRY; INSURANCE; MANAGEMENT; RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 49749133876     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.042     Document Type: Article

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