Managing for timber and biodiversity in the Congo Basin

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 268, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-111

  Nasi, Robert ^a   Billand, Alain ^b   van Vliet, Nathalie ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Certification; Congo Basin; Multiple use management; Timber; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONGO BASINS; EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY; FOREST LAND; FOREST RESOURCES; INDUSTRIAL LOGGING; LOCAL PEOPLE; MANAGEMENT MODEL; MANAGEMENT UNIT; MARKET ECONOMIES; MULTIPLE USE; MULTIPLE USE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RURAL COMMUNITY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; COHABITATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RAINFOREST; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSISTENCE; TIMBER; TIMBER CERTIFICATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CERTIFICATION; CONGO; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; LAND USE; MARKET RESEARCH;

CONGO BASIN;

EID: 84857033022     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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