Forest Sustainability in China and Implications for a Telecoupled World

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 230-250

  Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; Investment; Sustainability; Telecoupling; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911424705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app5.17     Document Type: Article

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