15 years of forest certification in the European Union. Are we doing things right?;15 años de certificación forestal en la Unión Europea ¿Estamos haciendo las cosas bien?

Forest Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-94

  Gafo Gomez Zamalloa, M ^a   Caparros, A ^b   San Miguel Ayanz, A ^c  

^a Unidad Textil   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Delphi; FSC; PEFC; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860149723     PISSN: 21715068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/fs/2011201-9369     Document Type: Article

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