Contested social values in decision-making for Australian native forests

Australian Forestry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-49

  Ford, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conflict; Decentralization; Forest policy; Management; Social values

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT; DECENTRALISATION; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FOREST POLICY; REGIONAL FORESTS; SOCIAL VALUES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879387255     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2013.776924     Document Type: Article

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