The rents of illegal logging: The mechanisms behind the rush on forest resources in Southeast Albania

Conservation and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-150

  Stahl, Johannes ^a  

^a Independent Scholar   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albania; Central and Eastern Europe; Firewood; Forests; Illegal logging; Rent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855267960     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.68916     Document Type: Article

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