Illegal logging in vietnam: Lam Tac (Forest Hijackers) in Practice and Talk

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 688-701

  Sikor, Thomas ^a   To, Phuc Xuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Finance and Trade Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity chain analysis; Forest politics; Illegal logging; Political economy; Southeast asia; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); POLITICAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER; TIMBER MARKET;

SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 79957824864     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920903573057     Document Type: Article

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