Compliance with sustainable forest management guidelines in three timber concessions in the Venezuelan Guayana: Analysis and implications

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-12

  Vilanova, Emilio ^a   Ramírez Angulo, Hirma ^a   Ramírez, Gustavo ^a   Torres Lezama, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Criteria and indicators; Ecosystem services; Forest concessions; Imataca; Monitoring; Reduced impact logging

Indexed keywords

CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST CONCESSIONS; IMATACA; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MONITORING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

FORESTRY; FORESTS; LEGISLATION; LOGGING; MONITORING;

EID: 84858216735     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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