Technical challenges to sustainable forest management in concessions on public lands in the brazilian amazon

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-76

  Schulze, Mark ^a,b,c   Grogan, James ^d   Vidal, Edson ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Floresta Tropical   (Brazil)

^d Yale University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f IMAZON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Brazil; Forest policy; Logging; National forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008770629     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/j091v26n01_03     Document Type: Article

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