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Economics of multifunctional forestry in the Sámi people homeland region

Parkatti, Vesa-Pekka; Tahvonen, Olli - 2020

We study forestry in the Sámi people homeland region to understand an ongoing conflict between conventional forest … husbandry, and a flexible optimization between rotation forestry (cf. clearcuts) and forestry that maintains continuous forest … cover. We show that the profitability of conventional forestry is based on utilizing existing forest stands, an outcome that …

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The Effect on Forestation of the Collective Forest Tenure Reform in China

Xie, Lunyu; Berck, Peter; Xu, Jintao - 2012

Aiming to alleviate rural poverty, stimulate investment in forests, and improve forest conservation, the Chinese government set forth a policy leading to small private holdings of previously village administered forest lands. Using data collected from 288 villages in eight provinces in three...

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Forest Institutions in Transition : Experiences and Lessons from Eastern Europe

Dewees, Peter A. - 2008

This paper summarizes the results from a study of institutional reforms of forest organizations in transition economies in Eastern Europe, and posits the conditions for successful reform. The paper points out that the key challenge for forest organizations in the region has been how to transform...

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Hedging Strategies in Forest Management

Marielle, Brunette; Couture, Stéphane; Langlais, Eric - 2011

The paper focuses on forests management strategies for natural hazards of nonindustrial owners, in the case where the forest provides nontimber services. We introduce a basic two-period model where the private owner manages natural hazards on his forest thanks to the accumulation of savings on...

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Forest Fires : Evaluation of Government Intervention Measures

Ballart, Xavier; Riba, Clara - 2000

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between government measures, volunteer participation, climate variables and forest fires. A number of studies have related forest fires to causes of ignition, to fire history in one area, to the type of vegetation and weather characteristics...

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Community Tenure Rights and REDD : A Review of the Oddar Meanchey Community Forestry REDD Project in Cambodia

Yeang, Donal - 2014

Oddar Meanchey Community Forestry REDD Project. In particular, the study explores the following questions: (1) How are …

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Forest and Forestry in Tanzania : Changes and Continuities in Policies and Practices from Colonial Times to the Present

Mgaya, Edward - 2016

that make Tanzania one of the richest and most bio-diverse countries. Due to such importance, forestry has variably … forests and forestry in Tanzania from the colonial to recent times. It argues that, although there has been a change in the … that forestry policies have been, and continue to reveal a notable protectionist and reservationist propensity while also …

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Heterogeneity and Common Pool Resources : Collective Management of Forests in Himachal Pradesh, India

Naidu, Sirisha - 2006

In the past two decades, theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that communities of resource users are capable of overcoming social dilemmas, and are capable of creating and sustaining institutions designed to prevent degradation of common pool natural resources. However, there is...

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Landowner Driven Sustainable Forest Management and Value-Added Processing

Damery, David T. - 2005

The Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, LLC (MWC) is working to help members conduct sustainable forestry of the …

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Economics of Multifunctional Forestry in the Sámi People Homeland Region

Parkatti, Vesa-Pekka; Tahvonen, Olli - 2020

We study forestry in the Sámi people homeland region to understand an ongoing conflict between conventional forest … husbandry, and a flexible optimization between rotation forestry (cf. clearcuts) and forestry that maintains continuous … forestcover. We show that the profitability of conventional forestry is based on utilizing existing forest stands, an outcome that …

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