Toward a policy of sustainable forest management in Brazil: A historical analysis

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-153

  Banerjee, Onil ^a,c,e   MacPherson, Alexander J ^a,d   Alavalapati, Janaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Secretariat for Environment   (Brazil)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Forest concessions; Forest policy; Public Forest Management Law; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 66149093109     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496509333567     Document Type: Article

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