Criteria and indicators for the assessment of community forestry outcomes: A comparative analysis from Canada

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-267

  Teitelbaum, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Community forestry; Community based forest management; Evaluation; Local governance; Social sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY;

CANADA; CASE-STUDIES; COMMUNITY FOREST; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENTS; CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; EVALUATION; INDICATOR FRAMEWORKS; LOCAL GOVERNANCE; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY;

TIMBER;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROFITABILITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA;

CANADA; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION; LOCAL GOVERNANCE; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; ONTARIO; QUEBEC;

EID: 84890087597     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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