What drives the success of reforestation projects in tropical developing countries? The case of the Philippines

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 334-348

  Le, Hai Dinh ^a,b   Smith, Carl ^a   Herbohn, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Policies; Reforestation; Success drivers; Success indicators; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894387271     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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