Community forest management for timber extraction in the amazon frontier

International Forestry Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 408-420

  Medina, G ^a   Pokorny, B ^a   Campbell, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amazonian frontier; community forest management (CFM); Community company partnerships; externally driven development; timber extraction

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INCOME; LOGGING (TIMBER); NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; PERU;

EID: 77954684179     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.11.3.408     Document Type: Article

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