Unsustainable timber harvesting, deforestation and the role of certification

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1211-1219

  Damette, Olivier ^a   Delacote, Philippe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Certification; Deforestation; Timber harvesting; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; DEFORESTATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; PANEL DATA; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 79953746222     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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