Learning from community forestry experience: Challenges and lessons from British Columbia

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-304

  Bullock, Ryan ^a   Hanna, Kevin ^b   Slocombe, D Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case studies; Challenges; Community forest; Community forestry; Community based natural resource management; Forest management; Local control

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

CASE-STUDIES; CHALLENGES; COMMUNITY FOREST; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; LOCAL CONTROL; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DECISION MAKING; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; TENURE SYSTEM; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65649124094     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85293-2     Document Type: Article

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