Is china unique? Exploring the behaviour of chinese and european firms in the Cameroonian logging sector

International Forestry Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-34

  Cerutti, P O ^a,b   Assembe Mvondo, S ^a   German, L ^c   Putzel, L ^c  

^a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Cameroon)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cameroon; China; logging concessions; sustainable forest management; timber trade

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LOGGING (TIMBER); SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER TRADE; TRADE FLOW;

CAMEROON; CHINA; EUROPE;

EID: 79955105885     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.13.1.23     Document Type: Article

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