Public perception of forestry practices in Malaysia

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 280-285

  Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran ^a   Vacalie, Cristina ^b   Sestras, Adriana F ^c   Ioras, Florin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^d BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Malaysia; Politics; Tropical forest; Young people perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902346350     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15835/nbha4219542     Document Type: Article

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