Certification of community forestry enterprises: Experiences with incorporating community forestry in a global system for forest governance

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-31

  Wiersum, K F ^a   Humphries, S ^b   van Bommel, S ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Forest Stewardship Council International Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Certification standards; Equity; Social capital; Social strategies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CERTIFICATION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STANDARD (REGULATION); STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EID: 84874806173     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-011-9190-y     Document Type: Review

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