The voluntary partnership agreement: The Ghanaian and Malaysian Experience

International Forestry Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-318

  Attah, A ^a   Ioras, F ^b   Abrudan, I V ^c   Ratnasingam, J ^d  

^a Timber Industry Development Division   (Ghana)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

FLEGT; Ghana; Governance; Malaysia; VPA

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; IMPORT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

GHANA; MALAYSIA;

EID: 77954669360     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.11.3.311     Document Type: Article

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