Community forestry in British Columbia: Policy progression and public participation

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-91

  Furness, Ella ^a   Harshaw, Howard ^a,b   Nelson, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Community forestry; Participation; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

TIMBER;

CANADA; COMMUNITY FOREST; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP; PARTICIPATION; POLICY EVALUATION; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84938419814     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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