Major forest types and the evolution of sustainable forestry in China

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1066-1078

  Dai, Limin ^a   Wang, Yue ^a,b   Su, Dongkai ^a,c   Zhou, Li ^a   Yu, Dapao ^a   Lewis, Bernard J ^a   Qi, Lin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Jilin Forest Industry Group Limited Liability Company   (China)

Author keywords

China's forest resource; China's forest types; China's forestry; Eco construction; Six key forestry programs; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ECO-CONSTRUCTION; FOREST RESOURCES; FOREST TYPE; SIX KEY FORESTRY PROGRAMS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPLOITATION; FLOODING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; POLICY MAKING; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LAW; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

CHINA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; TREES;

CHINA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 82655162292     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9706-4     Document Type: Article

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