Public participation in practice - Assessing public participation in the preparation of regional forest programs in Northern Finland

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 349-356

  Saarikoski, Heli ^a   Tikkanen, Jukka ^b   Leskinen, Leena A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diversity; Forest management planning; Natural resources; Participatory planning; Public participation

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; DIVERSITY; FINLAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; GENERAL PUBLICS; INDUSTRIAL TIMBER; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; NATURE CONSERVATION; NON-WOOD; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; REGIONAL FORESTS; STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT; TIMBER MARKET;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955053016     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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