The role of social and policy learning in changing forest governance: An examination of community-based forestry initiatives in the U.S.

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-96

  Cheng, Antony S ^a   Danks, Cecilia ^b   Allred, Shorna R ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based forestry; Governance; Policy change; Policy learning; Social learning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY-BASED FORESTRY; GOVERNANCE; POLICY CHANGES; POLICY LEARNING; SOCIAL LEARNING;

BLENDING; FORESTRY; TIMBER;

PUBLIC POLICY;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; GOVERNMENTS; MIXING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; USA;

EID: 78651101980     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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