Lessons learned and success of initiatives to rehabilitate degraded forests in Guangdong Province, China

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-270

  Zhou, Zaizhi ^a   Chokkalingam, Unna ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b Forest Carbon Research and Information Services   (Laos)

Author keywords

forest rehabilitation; forest sustainability; rehabilitation efforts

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 77954720063     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504501003764439     Document Type: Article

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