Assessing sustainability for global forests: A proposed pathway to fill critical data gaps

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-786

  Irland, Lloyd C ^a,b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b Irland Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria and indicators; Forest inventory; Forest monitoring; Global forest assessment; Millennium development goals; Sustainability; Yale environmental performance index

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EID: 77956176868     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0285-3     Document Type: Article

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