The material presents the problem of forests, deforestation becoming nowadays a real global problem of mankind. Many millennia ago, population growth required the sacrifice of the forest to make way for crops, today forests are cut primarily for profit, wood being one of the most precious...

Abstract In the US South, private forest landowners own the majority of timberland, therefore, understanding timber supply behavior of these landowners is a fundamental forest economic question. This study estimates the pine stumpage supply equations and elasticities of private landowners in...