Natural disasters and economic development drive forest dynamics and transition in China

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 76, Issue , 2017, Pages 56-64

  Zhang, Kerong ^a   Song, Conghe ^b   Zhang, Yulong ^b   Zhang, Quanfa ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Carbon dynamics; Deforestation; Forest transition; Forestry policy; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; STORMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREST TRANSITION; FORESTRY POLICY; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84940864481     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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