Socio-economic, environmental, and governance impacts of illegal logging

Environment Systems and Decisions

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-304

  Reboredo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Governance impacts; Illegal logging; Socio economic impacts

Indexed keywords

BASIC NEEDS; BIODIVERSITY; CERTIFICATION; CIVIL SOCIETY; CRIME; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOREST; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84887402445     PISSN: 21945403     EISSN: 21945411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-013-9444-7     Document Type: Review

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