Legitimacy of public domain forest taxation, and combatting corruption in forestry

International Forestry Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-164

  Palmer, J ^a   Bulkan, J ^b  

^a Forest Management Trust   (United States)

^b Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

corruption; criminality; forest dependent stakeholders; systems approach; taxation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CORRUPTION; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 77955437111     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.12.2.150     Document Type: Article

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