The EU-Ghana VPA: A comprehensive policy analysis of its design

International Forestry Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-230

  Beeko, C ^a   Arts, B ^b  

^a FORESTRY COMMISSION   (Ghana)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FLEGT; Ghana; Illegal Logging; Policy Arrangement Approach (PAA); Voluntary Partnership Agreement

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FORESTRY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOGGING (TIMBER); POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POWER RELATIONS; TIMBER MARKET;

EUROPE; GHANA;

EID: 77957745691     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.12.3.221     Document Type: Article

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