Comparing sustainable Forest Management certifications standards: A Meta-Analysis

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Clark, Michael Rawson ^a   Kozar, Joelyn Sarrah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Campus Sustainability Coalition ^*

Author keywords

Canadian Standards Association Sustainable Forestry Management; CSA SFM; Forest certification; Forest Stewardship Council; FSC; Meta analysis; Public forests; SFI; Sustainable forest management; Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 79954475529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03736-160103     Document Type: Review

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