Small sawmills persevere while the majors close: Evaluating resilience and desirable timber allocation in British Columbia, Canada

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Pinkerton, Evelyn W ^a   Benner, Jordan ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Commodity sawmills; Resilience of social ecological systems; Specialty sawmills; Timber supply; Value added wood products

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; FOREST PRODUCT; LOGGING (TIMBER); SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TIMBER INDUSTRY; WOOD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84881130046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05515-180234     Document Type: Article

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