The high value of logged tropical forests: Lessons from northern Borneo

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 985-997

  Berry, Nicholas J ^a,h   Phillips, Oliver L ^a   Lewis, Simon L ^a   Hill, Jane K ^b   Edwards, David P ^a   Tawatao, Noel B ^b   Ahmad, Norhayati ^c   Magintan, David ^d   Khen, Chey V ^e   Maryati, M ^f,g   Ong, Robert C ^e   Hamer, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Biodiversity Conservation Division ^*  (Malaysia)

^e FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^h Ecometrica   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Clean development mechanism; REDD; Tropical forestry; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LOGGING (TIMBER); OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

EID: 77952098597     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9779-z     Document Type: Article

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