Forest policy, the precautionary principle and sustainable forest management

Biodiversity and the Precautionary Principle: Risk and Uncertainty in Conservation and Sustainable Use

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-38

  Oldfield, Sara ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956179660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770583     Document Type: Chapter

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