Forest management educational needs in South African forestry companies

Southern Forests

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Jacobson, M G ^a   Ham, C ^b   Ackerman, P A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Business; Economics; Forest education; Forest management; South African forest industry; Survey instrument

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149458005     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/SF.2008.70.3.10.671     Document Type: Article

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