Forest fires in Indonesia: Impacts and solutions

Which Way Forward: People, Forests, and Policymaking in Indonesia

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 293-308

  Applegate, Grahame ^a   Smith, Ross ^b   Fox, James J ^c   Mitchell, Andrew ^d   Packham, David ^d   Tapper, Nigel ^e   Baines, Graham ^d  

^a Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Indonesia)

^b New South Wales Rural Fire Service   (Australia)

^c Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies   (Australia)

^d Monash University ^*

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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