Japan's green resources: Forest conservation and social values

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-430

  Howard, Theodore E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Department of Forestry Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest policy; Japan; Nontimber resources; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149104410     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007647600563     Document Type: Review

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