Can't Climb the Trees Anymore: Social Licence to Operate, Bioenergy and Whole Stump Removal in Sweden

Social Epistemology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 239-257

  Edwards, Peter ^a   Lacey, Justine ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest Industry; Social Licence to Operate; Stump Removal; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905370278     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2014.922637     Document Type: Article

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