Can’t See the (Bamboo) Forest for the Trees: Examining Bamboo’s Fit Within International Forestry Institutions

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 770-778

  Buckingham, Kathleen Carmel ^a   Wu, Liangru ^b   Lou, Yiping ^c  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b China National Bamboo Research Center   (China)

^c International Network for Bamboo and Rattan China   (China)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Forest certification; Forestry; Institutions; REDD+; Timber legality verification

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LEGISLATION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER CERTIFICATION; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

BAMBUSA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POACEAE; STANDARD;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; POACEAE;

EID: 84908223319     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0466-7     Document Type: Article

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