An institutional evaluation of sustainable forest management in Flanders

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-123

  Van Gossum, Peter ^a,b   Arts, Bas ^c   De Wulf, Robert ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Mixed methods; Non industrial private forest owners; Policy arrangement approach; Policy evaluation; Policy instruments

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GOVERNMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 77956775687     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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