Portugal and Chile: Longing for sustainable forestry while rising from the ashes

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 81, Issue , 2018, Pages 104-107

  Gómez González, Susana ^a,b   Ojeda, Fernando ^a   Fernandes, Paulo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Fire ecology; Forest plantation; Fuel management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ASH; CHILE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUCALYPTUS; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODEL; NOTE; PLANTATION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILDFIRE;

EID: 85034835249     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.11.006     Document Type: Note

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