An exploratory assessment of the attitudes of Chinese wood products manufacturers towards forest certification

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2984-2992

  Chen, Juan ^a   Innes, John L ^a   Kozak, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Forest certification; Forest products; Wood products

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

CHINA; CHINESE FORESTS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS; FOREST CERTIFICATION; FOREST PRODUCTS; PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS; WOOD PRODUCT COMPANIES; WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CERTIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; MANUFACTURING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STATE ROLE; WOOD;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CERTIFICATION; CHINESE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; FURNITURE; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEW; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MARKETING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; WOOD;

CHINA;

EID: 80052036491     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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