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Optimal Timber Rotation on Multiple Stands with an Asymmetric Externality

Uchida, Emi - 2005

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/05.

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Forestry Economics: Principles and Practice

Campbell, H. - 1999

This review discusses bioeconomic models of the forest and uses them to explore policy options for forest management. The main type of bioeconomic model used is based on a biomass model of the growth of the forest, similar to the biomass model widely used in fishery economics. However a more...

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Market impacts of hypothetical fuel treatment thinning programs on federal lands in the western United States.

Ince, Peter J.; Spelter, Henry; Skog, Kenneth E.; … - 2008

This paper addresses the economics of forest fuel thinning programs on federal lands in the U.S. West, and presents a model of regional timber and product market impacts. The issue of economics is vital to the debate about fire management, and this paper presents market implications of two...

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Market impacts of a multiyear mechanical fuel treatment program in the U.S.

Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Karen L.; Huggett, Robert J. - 2008

We describe a two-stage model of global log and chip markets that evaluates the spatial and temporal economic effects of government-subsidized fire-related mechanical fuel treatment programs in the U.S. West and South. The first stage is a goal program that allocates subsidies according to fire...

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Ecosystem services: Foundations, opportunities, and challenges for the forest products sector.

Patterson, Trista M.; Coelho, Dana L. - 2009

The ecosystem service concept has been proposed as a meaningful framework for natural resource management. In theory it holds concomitant benefit and consequence for the forest product sector. However, numerous barriers impede practitioners from developing concrete and enduring responses to...

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Historical disturbance regimes as a reference for forest policy in a multiowner province: a simulation experiment.

Thompson, J.R.; Johnson, K.N.; Lennette, M.; Spies, T.A.; … - 2006

Using a landscape simulation model, we examined ecological and economic implications of forest policies designed to emulate the historical fire regime across the 2 x 10⁶ ha Oregon Coast Range. Simulated policies included two variants of the current policy and three policies reflecting aspects...

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Decision support systems for forest management: A financial analysis for South Carolina's state forests.

Phillips, S.L.; Straka, T.J.; Post, C.J.; Adams, T.O. - 2006

information to make better decisions. DSS in forestry organizations have evolved from the integration of geographic information … systems and database management systems with common forestry applications. These types of systems are becoming widely used … within forestry organizations as the planning and documentation of activities become ever more critical due to forest …

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The U.S. forest sector in 2030: markets and competitors.

Turner, J.A.; Buongiorno, J.; Zhu, S.; Prestemon, J.P. - 2005

predicted to remain major importers of forest products out to 2030, the rapid economic growth of China would make it the world …

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Empirical Accounting of Adaptation to Environmental Change: Organizational Competencies and Biodiversity in Finnish Forest Management

Primmer, Eeva; Wolf, Steven A. - 2009

"Integration of biodiversity conservation into economic utilization of natural resources has become a central response to the challenges of sustainable development. However, the resources and competencies required to implement such an integrated strategy at the level of the individual, the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468323

Promising Business Models for Community-Company Collaboration in Brazil and Mexico

Vidal, Natália G.; Donini, Gabriela - 2004

From Introduction: "Agreements between forest companies and forest communities may offer potential solutions to one or more of the conflicting objectives the global forest sector has been required to face. Some studies (Mayers and Vermeulen, 2002; Scherr, White, and Kaimowitz, 2003) have identified...

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