Does forest certification enhance community engagement in Australian plantation management?

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 328-337

  Schirmer, Jacki ^b   Vanclay, Frank ^c  

^a Lain)   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Lain)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental regulation; Forest regulation; Natural resource management; Public participation; Social issues; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

FOREST REGULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL ISSUES; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA; CERTIFICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957538959     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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