"How far do you have to walk to find peace again?": A case study of First Nations' operational values for a community forest in Northeast British Columbia, Canada

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 153-166

  Booth, Annie L ^a   Muir, Bruce R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b West Moberly First Nations   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community forests; Forest values; Indigenous forestry; Non timber forest values

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84881317534     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12005     Document Type: Article

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