The timber legality verification system and the voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) in Indonesia: Challenges for the small-scale forestry sector

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-32

  Obidzinski, Krystof ^a   Dermawan, Ahmad ^a   Andrianto, Agus ^a   Komarudin, Heru ^a   Hernawan, Dody ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Jl Wahab Syahranie Komp Perumahan Ratindo Griya Permai   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Legality; Small scale forestry; Timber; Verification

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; FORESTRY; VERIFICATION;

ADDITIONAL COSTS; INDONESIA; LARGE-SCALE FORESTRY; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; LEGALITY; LEGALITY VERIFICATIONS; PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS; SMALL-SCALE FORESTRY;

TIMBER;

CERTIFICATION; FORESTRY; INDONESIA; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEGISLATION;

EID: 84926180036     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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