Social impacts of the Regional Forest Agreement on members of the forest industry in north-eastern New South Wales

Australian Forestry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 251-263

  Loxton, Edwina A ^a   Schirmer, Jacki ^a,b,c   Kanowski, Peter ^a,b,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Change; Environmental policy; Follow up; Forest policy; Forest products industries; Industry; Regional Forest Agreement; Social impact; Structural adjustment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARVESTING; INDUSTRY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

ASSESSMENT; CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOLLOW UP; FOREST POLICY; FOREST-PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; REGIONAL FORESTS; SOCIAL IMPACT; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; LOGGING;

EID: 84873530366     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2012.10676410     Document Type: Article

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