China's classification-based forest management: Procedures, problems, and prospects

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1162-1173

  Dai, Limin ^a   Zhao, Fuqiang ^a,b   Shao, Guofan ^c   Zhou, Li ^a   Tang, Lina ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

China forestry; Ecological welfare forest; Forest classification system; Forest policy; Subsidies for ecological services

Indexed keywords

CHINA FORESTRY; ECOLOGICAL WELFARE FOREST; FOREST CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; FOREST POLICY; SUBSIDIES FOR ECOLOGICAL SERVICES;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIMBER;

ECOLOGY;

COMMODITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDOWNER; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TENURE RELATIONS; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; TREES;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; LOGGING; NATURAL RESOURCES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67349232369     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9229-9     Document Type: Article

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