Towards a new paradigm: The development of China's forestry in the 21st century

International Forestry Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 619-631

  Wang, G ^a   Innes, John L ^a   Wu, S W ^b   Dai, Shuanyou ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b World Forest Institute   (United States)

^c State Forestry Administration   (China)

Author keywords

China; Forestry development; National forest programmes; Policy reform; Rural development

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; INVESTMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); POLICY REFORM; PRIVATIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE ROLE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67649204070     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.10.4.619     Document Type: Article

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