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| economic benefits of forestry: Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry Francesco Ferrini, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Alessio Fini, 2017-03-31 More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry. It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees, including for issues such as air quality, human well-being and stormwater management. It reviews the various stresses experienced by trees in cities and tolerance mechanisms, as well as cultural techniques for either pre-conditioning or alleviating stress after planting. It sets out sound planning, design, species selection, establishment and management of urban trees. It shows that close interactions with the local urban communities who benefit from trees are key to success. By drawing upon international state-of-art knowledge on arboriculture and urban forestry, the book provides a definitive overview of the field and is an essential reference text for students, researchers and practitioners. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Global Deforestation Christiane Runyan, Paolo D'Odorico, 2016-04-18 Global Deforestation provides a concise but comprehensive examination of the variety of ways in which deforestation modifies environmental processes, as well as the societal implications of these changes. The book stresses how forest ecosystems may be prone to nearly irreversible degradation. To prevent the loss of important biophysical and socioeconomic functions, forests need to be adequately managed and protected against the increasing demand for agricultural land and forest resources. The book describes the spatial extent of forests, and provides an understanding of the past and present drivers of deforestation. It presents a theoretical background to understand the impacts of deforestation on biodiversity, hydrological functioning, biogeochemical cycling, and climate. It bridges the physical and biological sciences with the social sciences by examining economic impacts and socioeconomic drivers of deforestation. This book will appeal to advanced students, researchers and policymakers in environmental science, ecology, forestry, hydrology, plant science, ecohydrology, and environmental economics. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006 Since 1946, FAO regularly monitors the world's forests through Global Forest Resources Assessments. The mandate to carry out these assessments stems both from the basic statutes of FAO and the Committee on Forestry (COFO). Divided into nine chapters, the publication covers the following topics: the extent of forest resources; biological diversity; forest health and vitality; productive functions of forest resources; protective functions of forest resources; socio-economic functions; progress towards sustainable forest management. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Positive Impact Forestry Thomas J. McEvoy, 2004-05 Positive Impact Forestry is a primer for private woodland owners and their managers on managing their land and forests to protect both ecological and economic vitality. Moving beyond the concept of low impact forestry, Thom McEvoy brings together the latest scientific understanding and insights to describe an approach to managing forests that meets the needs of landowners while at the same time maintaining the integrity of forest ecosystems. Positive impact forestry emphasizes forestry's potential to achieve sustainable benefits both now and into the future, with long-term investment superseding short-term gain, and the needs of families—especially future generations—exceeding those of individuals. Thom McEvoy offers a thorough discussion of silvicultural basics, synthesizing and explaining the current state of forestry science on topics such as forest soils, tree roots, form and function in trees, and the effects of different harvesting methods on trees, soil organisms, and sites. He also offers invaluable advice on financial, legal, and management issues, ranging from finding the right forestry professionals to managing for products other than timber to passing forest lands and management legacies on to future generations. Positive Impact Forestry helps readers understand the impacts of deliberate human activities on forests and offers viable strategies that provide benefits without damaging ecosystems. It speaks directly to private forest owners and their advisers and represents an innovative guide for anyone concerned with protecting forest ecosystems, timber production, land management, and the long-term health of forests. Named the Best Forestry Book for 2004 by the National Woodlands Owners Association. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forest Economics Daowei Zhang, Peter H. Pearse, 2011-09-15 Forestry cannot be isolated from the forces that drive all economic activity. It involves using land, labour, and capital to produce goods and services from forests, while economics helps in understanding how this can be done in ways that will best meet the needs of people. Therefore, a firm grounding in economics is integral to sound forestry policies and practices. This book, a major revision and expansion of Peter H. Pearse’s 1990 classic, provides this grounding. Updated and enhanced with advanced empirical presentation of materials, it covers the basic economic principles and concepts and their application to modern forest management and policy issues. Forest Economics draws on the strengths of two of the field’s leading practitioners who have more than fifty years of combined experience in teaching forest economics in the United States and Canada. Its comprehensive and systematic analysis of forest issues makes it an indispensable resource for students and practitioners of forest management, natural resource conservation, and environmental studies. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Why Forests? Why Now? Frances Seymour, Jonah Busch, 2016-12-27 Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Economics of Forestry Roger A. Sedjo, 2018-02-06 This title was first published in 2003. The 'Economics of Forestry' is a specialized subset of resource economics addressing a specific natural resource - the forest - which is usually a relatively long time period. Hence, forest economics has characteristics similar to nonrenewable resources but also has those of a renewable resource, in some cases approaching those of agriculture. This volume comprises some of the most significant journal essays in forest economics and forest policy. The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy explores the influence of economics on the development of environmental and natural resource policy. In a series of twenty five volumes, the most significant journal essays in key areas of contemporary environmental and resource policy are collected. Scholars who are recognized for their expertise and contribution to the literature in the various research areas serve as volume editors and write essays that provides the context for the collection. Volumes in the series reflect three broad strands of economic research including 1) Natural and Environmental Resources, 2) Policy Instruments and Institutions and 3) Methodology. The editors, in their introduction to each volume, provide a state-of-the-art overview of the topic and explain the influence and relevance of the collected papers on the development of policy. This reference series provides access to the economic literature that has shaped contemporary perspectives on land use analysis and policy. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forestry Economics John E. Wagner, 2011-07-26 Forestry Economics introduces students and practitioners to all aspects of the management and economics of forestry. The book adopts the approach of managerial economics textbooks and applies this to the unique processes and problems faced by managers of forests. While most forestry economics books are written by economists for future economists, what many future forest and natural resource managers need is to understand what economic information is and how to use it to make better business and management decisions. John E. Wagner draws on his twenty years of experience teaching and working in the field of forest resource economics to present students with an accessible understanding of the unique production processes and problems faced by forest and other natural resource managers. There are three unique features of this book: The first is its organization. The material is organized around two common economic models used in forest and natural resources management decision making. The second is the use of case studies from various disciplines: Outdoor and Commercial Recreation, Wood Products Engineering, Forest Products, and Forestry. The purpose of these case studies is to provide students with applications of the concepts being discussed within the text. The third is revisiting the question of how to use economic information to make better business decisions at the end of each chapter. This ties each chapter to the preceding ones and reinforces the hypothesis that a solid working knowledge of these economic models and the information they contain are necessary for making better business decisions. This textbook is an invaluable source of clear and accessible information on forestry economics and management for not only economics students, but for students of other disciplines and those already working in forestry and natural resources. |
| economic benefits of forestry: The Forest Sector , 1991 Since 1978, when the World Bank published its policy paper on forestry, the world's understanding of and concern about the forest sector of the developing world has increased substantially. It has become clear that forests and woodlands play an even more important economic and ecological role than had earlier been recognized. In particular, the importance of tropical moist forests in protecting biological diversity has become more fully appreciated, as has their role in the carbon cycle and in global climatic change. The nature of the challenge; Deforestation and forest degradation; The growing demand for forests and trees for basic needs; Strategies for forest development; The role of the world bank; Challenges for the forest sector; Strategies for forest development; The role of the world bank. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Handbook of Forest Resource Economics Shashi Kant, Janaki Alavalapati, 2014-04-03 It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber. Forests provide other key ecosystem services, such as being sinks for greenhouse gases, hotspots of biodiversity, tourism and recreation. They are also vitally important in preventing soil erosion and controlling water supplies, as well as providing non-timber forest products and supporting the livelihoods of many local people. This handbook provides a detailed, comprehensive and broad coverage of forest economics, including traditional forest economics of timber production, economics of environmental role of forests, and recent developments in forest economics. The chapters are grouped into six parts: fundamental topics in forest resource economics; economics of forest ecosystems; economics of forests, climate change, and bioenergy; economics of risk, uncertainty, and natural disturbances; economics of forest property rights and certification; and emerging issues and developments. Written by leading environmental, forest, and natural resource economists, the book represents a definitive reference volume for students of economics, environment, forestry and natural resource economics and management. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Valuing Mediterranean Forests Maurizio Merlo, Lelia Croitoru, 2005-01-01 This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic value of Mediterranean forests, including not only the more obvious benefits (e.g. timber), but also the less commonly-measured public goods (e.g. tourism and conservation) that these forests provide. It brings together forest valuations at the national level from 18 Mediterranean countries, based on extensive local data collection, and thus allows comprehensive analyses within countries as well as comparative analyses across countries. Forest benefits were classified within the Total Economic Value (TEV) framework. The book describes the valuation techniques used and examines ways to overcome the problems encountered. The book explores the research findings in the context of the institutions and policies that affect Mediterranean forests and proposes new policy approaches for improving forest policies and management at the national, regional and local levels. It is also shown how the methodologies used can be applied to other regions. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Introduction to Forestry Economics Peter H. Pearse, 1990 Offers a good introduction to forestry economics in BC, including markets, supply, demand, pricing, non-market values, land allocation, forest rotations, regulations, property rights and taxes. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis Walter Isard, Iwan J. Azis, Matthew P. Drennan, Ronald E. Miller, Sidney Saltzman, Erik Thorbecke, 2017-07-05 This landmark textbook introduces students to the principles of regional science and focuses on the key methods used in regional analysis, including regional and interregional input-output analysis, econometrics (regional and spatial), programming and industrial and urban complex analysis, gravity and spatial interaction models, SAM and social accounting (welfare) analysis and applied general interregional equilibrium models. The coherent development of the materials contained in the set of chapters provides students with a comprehensive background and understanding of how to investigate key regional problems. For the research scholar, this publication constitutes an up-to-date source book of the basic elements of each major regional science technique. More significant, it points to new directions for future research and ways interregional and regional analytic approaches can be fused to realise much more probing attacks on regional and spatial problems - a contribution far beyond what is available in the literature. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Sustainable Development Goals Pia Katila, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Wil de Jong, Glenn Galloway, Pablo Pacheco, Georg Winkel, 2019-12-12 A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation: A Review David Kaimowitz, Arild Angelsen, 1998-01-01 Types of economic deforestation models. Household and firm-level models. Regional-level models. National and macro-level models. Priority areas for future research. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forest Policy, Economics, and Markets in Zambia Philimon Ng'andwe, Jacob Mwitwa, Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo, 2015-08-20 This book is the result of over ten years of field research across Zambia. It covers the production and diverse uses of wood and non-wood forest products in different parts of Zambia. Although a short format, it is a multi-contributed work. It starts an overview of the forestry sector, and covers more specific areas like production, markets and trade of wood and non-wood products; the role of non-wood forest products in the livelihood of the local population, the contribution of the forestry sector to Zambia's overall economy and reviews of efforts to strategically utilize these resources for local economic, and sustainable, development. - A concise reference to understand key wood products, market dynamics, and role of forests in a developing nation - A useful guide for corporations, consultants, NGOs and international research organizations involved with sustainable development in Zambia as well as other nations in the SADC |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forest Resource Economics and Finance W David Klemperer, Steven Bullard, Stephen C Grado, Marcus K Measells, Thomas J Straka, 2021-09 Forest Resource Economics and Finance is intended for undergraduate forestry students, but practicing foresters and policy analysts will also find it a useful reference. The text emphasizes economics as a way of thinking in which we compare added costs and benefits of actions in order to maximize net benefits. With the basics of capital theory, readers learn how to evaluate forestry investments in a way that embraces important environmental factors. Another key feature is a focus on analyzing current conflicts and tradeoffs that will continue to be prominent forestry issues in the 21st century: free market policies versus different levels of government intervention, economic development versus environmental conservation, private property rights versus public amenity rights, and timber versus non-timber outputs. This text also addresses additional topics not often found in other forest economic books including: economics of non-clearcutting management systems, economics of forest damage, risk analysis, inflation, environmental economics, capital budgeting, and regional economics. Add to this a micro-economics review, multiple-use and non-market good analysis, optimal capital management, benefit/cost analysis, timber supply and demand issues, appraisal and valuation, forest industry economics, and world forestry issues, and you have the most comprehensive forest economics text on the market. In addition to new and updated figures throughout the text, this newly-revised second edition provides an overview of important trends in the modern timber industry including advancements in engineered wood, international trade, global environmental issues, as well as community forestry and agroforestry. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forests in a Market Economy Erin O. Sills, Karen Lee Abt, 2003-07-31 This book draws together contributions from forest economists in the Research Triangle of North Carolina, with co-authors from institutions around the world. It represents our common belief that rigorous empirical analysis in an economic framework can inform forest policy. We intend the book as a guide to the empirical methods that we have found most useful for addressing both traditional and modem areas of concern in forest policy, including timber production and markets, multiple use forestry, and valuation of non-market benefits. 'The book editors and most chapter authors are affiliated with three institutions in the Research Triangle: the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service (K. Abt, Butry, Holmes, Mercer, Moulton, Prestemon, Wear), the Department of Forestry at North Carolina State University (R. Abt, Ahn, Cubbage, Sills), and the Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Program of Research Triangle Institute (Murray, Pattanayak). Two other Triangle institutions are also represented among the book authors: Duke University (Kramer) and the Forestland Group (Zinkhan). In addition to our primary affiliations, many of us are adjunct faculty and/or graduates of Triangle universities. Many of our co-authors also graduated from or were previously affiliated with Triangle institutions. Thus, the selection of topics, methods, and case studies reflects the work of this particular network of economists, and to some degree, our location in the southeastern United States. However, our work and the chapters encompass other regions of the United States and the world, including Latin America and Asia. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Economic Benefits of Managing Forestry and Tourism at Nimmo Bay British Columbia. Economics and Trade Branch, British Columbia. Forest Practices Branch, 2003 This study was undertaken to address the challenge of optimizing the overall benefits of forest landscapes to both the forestry & tourism industries in British Columbia. Nimmo Bay Lodge was chosen for the study because it had a defined viewshed with merchantable wood, planned timber harvesting activities in the viewshed, and clients willing to be surveyed. A visual perception survey was administered to 96 lodge patrons to determine visitor response to various visual quality scenes & silvicultural systems such as partial retention and clear-cutting. The survey sought to determine the proportion of clients who would return to the lodge. Next, the viewshed for the lodge was defined to establish a land base for benefit analysis purposes, and an annual timber flow was derived for the area. The benefit analysis looked at several scenarios ranging from no harvesting to maximum harvest in four economic areas: resource value, business revenue, government revenue, and employment & income. Includes glossary. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forest Landscape Restoration John Stanturf, David Lamb, Palle Madsen, 2012-11-28 Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly in developing countries, where an approach which is both large-scale and focuses on meeting human needs is required. Yet despite increased investigation into both the biological and social aspects of FLR, there has so far been little success in systematically integrating these two complementary strands. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of FLR as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Economics, Sustainability, and Natural Resources Shashi Kant, R. Albert Berry, 2006-03-30 Forest resources are an ideal starting point for economic analysis of sustainability. In this book, leading economists discuss key aspects of sustainability and sustainable forest management including complexity, ethical issues, consumer choice theory, intergenerational equity, non-convexities, and multiple equilibria. This systematic critique of neoclassical economic approaches is followed by a companion work, Institutions, Sustainability, and Natural Resources: Institutions for Sustainable Forest Management, Volume 2 in the series. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forests Jaboury Ghazoul, 2015 Forests have been entwined with human development and cultural history for centuries. In this Very Short Introduction Jaboury Ghazoul explores their origins, dynamics, and the range of goods and services they provide to human society, as well as looking at issues of deforestation, reforestation, and the effects of climate change. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources Andres Weintraub, Carlos Romero, Trond Bjørndal, Rafael Epstein, 2007-09-19 Here is the first systematic handbook treatment of quantitative modeling natural resource problems, their allocated efficient use, and societal and economic impact. Andrés Weintraub is the very top person in Natural Resource research. He has selected co-editors who are at the top of the sub-fields in natural resources: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining. The book covers these areas with contributions from researchers on, among others, modeling natural research problems, quantifying data, and developing algorithms. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forestry in the EU and the World Statistical Office of the European Communities, 2011 Recoge : The International Year of Forests 2011 - Forestry in the world: 1. Forests - 2. The economics of forestry and wood processing - 3. Wood and wood products - 4. Woods as a source of energy - Annexes. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forestry and the Environment Wiktor L. Adamowicz, W. L. Adamowicz, W. A. White, William E. Phillips, 1993 Forestry and the environment in developing countries (How to account for environmental degradation; Household production and consumption for forestry and economic development; tests of hypotheses regarding women, fuelwood, improved stoves and open access resources in Nepal; An economic view of deforestation: concept and application in a severely deforested country; Multiple objective welfare functions: an application to Malaysian forestry); Forestry and the environment: policy options (Forest tenoure, management incentives and the search for sustainable development policies; The Wastepaper dilemma: can newsprint recyclin legislation kill two birds with one stone?; Recreation, tourism and propertry rights to land: the economics of public access rights in Sweden); Impacts on the environment (Existence values in benefit-cost analysis and damage assessment; What would an ecological economics actually do to integrate ecosystem and social system health? A spectrum of appoaches; The valuation of forest characteristics; The environmental economic impact of woodland: a tro stage hedonic price model of the amenity value of forestry in britain; Economic of reforestation in British Columbia When benefits of CO2 reduction are taken into account); Forestry, the environment and economic issues: dynamic issues in resource allocation; Resource economics; persistent conventions and contrary evidence; Empirical measures of factors affecting social rates discount; Dynamic inconsistency in valuain environmental goods). |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forests and Food Bhaskar Vira, Christoph Wildburger, Stephanie Mansourian, 2015-11-15 As population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates. A total of 805 million people are undernourished worldwide and malnutrition affects nearly every country on the planet. Despite impressive productivity increases, there is growing evidence that conventional agricultural strategies fall short of eliminating global hunger, as well as having long-term ecological consequences. Forests can play an important role in complementing agricultural production to address the Sustainable Development Goals on zero hunger. Forests and trees can be managed to provide better and more nutritionally-balanced diets, greater control over food inputs—particularly during lean seasons and periods of vulnerability (especially for marginalised groups)—and deliver ecosystem services for crop production. However forests are undergoing a rapid process of degradation, a complex process that governments are struggling to reverse. This volume provides important evidence and insights about the potential of forests to reducing global hunger and malnutrition, exploring the different roles of landscapes, and the governance approaches that are required for the equitable delivery of these benefits. Forests and Food is essential reading for researchers, students, NGOs and government departments responsible for agriculture, forestry, food security and poverty alleviation around the globe. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Economics of Non-Timber Forest Benefits International Institute for Environment & Development, Joshua Bishop, |
| economic benefits of forestry: Forests in a Market Economy Erin O. Sills, Karen Lee Abt, 2013-04-17 This book draws together contributions from forest economists in the Research Triangle of North Carolina, with co-authors from institutions around the world. It represents our common belief that rigorous empirical analysis in an economic framework can inform forest policy. We intend the book as a guide to the empirical methods that we have found most useful for addressing both traditional and modem areas of concern in forest policy, including timber production and markets, multiple use forestry, and valuation of non-market benefits. 'The book editors and most chapter authors are affiliated with three institutions in the Research Triangle: the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service (K. Abt, Butry, Holmes, Mercer, Moulton, Prestemon, Wear), the Department of Forestry at North Carolina State University (R. Abt, Ahn, Cubbage, Sills), and the Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Program of Research Triangle Institute (Murray, Pattanayak). Two other Triangle institutions are also represented among the book authors: Duke University (Kramer) and the Forestland Group (Zinkhan). In addition to our primary affiliations, many of us are adjunct faculty and/or graduates of Triangle universities. Many of our co-authors also graduated from or were previously affiliated with Triangle institutions. Thus, the selection of topics, methods, and case studies reflects the work of this particular network of economists, and to some degree, our location in the southeastern United States. However, our work and the chapters encompass other regions of the United States and the world, including Latin America and Asia. |
| economic benefits of forestry: The Global Forest Products Model Joseph Buongiorno, 2003-02-24 The Global Forest Products Model (GFPM) book provides a complete introduction to this widely applied computer model. The GFPM is a dynamic economic equilibrium model that is used to predict production, consumption, trade, and prices of 14 major forest products in 180 interacting countries. The book thoroughly documents the methods, data, and computer software of the model, and demonstrates the model's usefulness in addressing international economic and environmental issues. The Global Forest Products Model is written by an international multi-disciplinary team and is ideal for graduate students and professionals in forestry, natural resource economics, and related fields. It explains trends in world forest industries in the simplest terms by explaining the economic theory underlying the model. It describes six applications of the GFPM, three of which were commissioned by the Food Agriculture of the United Nations, the USDA Forest Service, and New Zealand Research. The authors show how to apply the model to real issues such as the effects of the Asian economic crisis on the forest sector, the effects of eliminating tariffs on international trade and production, and the international effects of national environmental policies. They provide complete explanations on how to use the GFPM software, prepare the data, make the forecasts, and summarize the results with tables and graphs. Comprehensive, and rigorous description of the world forestry sector Written by an international multi-disciplinary team Thorough description of data and methods In-depth applications to modern economic and policy issues Detailed documentation of the computer software Suitable for students, researchers, and decision makers |
| economic benefits of forestry: Contribution of the Forestry Sector to National Economies, 1990-2011 Arvydas Lebedys, Yanshu Li, 2014 This paper demonstrates the contribution of the forestry sector to national economies at the global, regional and country levels. It presents the status and trends of the forestry sector's contribution (total employment, value-added and export earnings) and analyses the driving forces behind these trends. The study gives a reasonable estimation of the general trends in the sector at the regional and global level, with some estimations at the level of individual countries. This is the second update of FAO's original report on the topic. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Carbon Dioxide Reduction Through Urban Forestry E. Gregory McPherson, 1999 |
| economic benefits of forestry: The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon Lykke E. Andersen, 2002-12-12 A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey the most up to date work in this field and present their own dynamic and spatial econometric analysis based on municipality level panel data spanning the entire Brazilian Amazon from 1970 to 1996. By observing the dynamics of land use change over such a long period the team is able to provide quantitative estimates of the long-run economic costs and benefits of both land clearing and government policies such as road building. The authors find that some government policies, such as road paving in already highly settled areas, are beneficial both for economic development and for the preservation of forest, while other policies, such as the construction of unpaved roads through virgin areas, stimulate wasteful land uses to the detriment of both economic growth and forest cover. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Economics of Forest Resources Gregory S. Amacher, Markku Ollikainen, Erkki Koskela, 2009 A comprehensive and technical survey of forest resource economics, concentrating on developments in the last twenty years regarding policy instrument choice and uncertainty. The field of forest economics has expanded rapidly in the last two decades, and yet there exists no up-to-date textbook for advanced undergraduate-graduate level use or rigorous reference work for professionals. Economics of Forest Resources fills these gaps, offering a comprehensive technical survey of the field with special attention to recent developments regarding policy instrument choice and uncertainty. It covers all areas in which mathematical models have been used to explain forest owner and user incentives and government behavior, introducing the reader to the rigor needed to think through the consequences of policy instruments. Technically difficult concepts are presented with a unified and progressive approach; an appendix outlines the basic concepts from calculus needed to understand the models and results developed. The book first presents the historical and classic models that every student or researcher in forest economics must know, including Faustman and Hartman approaches, public goods, spatial interdependence, two period life-cycle models, and overlapping generations problems. It then discusses topics including policy instrument choice, deforestation, biodiversity conservation, and age-class based forest modeling. Finally, it surveys such advanced topics as uncertainty in two period models, catastrophic risk, stochastic control problems, deterministic optimal control, and stochastic and deterministic dynamic programming approaches. Boxes with empirical content illustrating applications of the theoretical material appear throughout. Each chapter is self-contained, allowing the reader, student, or instructor to use the text according to individual needs. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Social and Economic Benefits of Protected Areas Marianne Kettunen, Patrick ten Brink, 2013-09-05 Protected areas (PAs) contain biodiversity and ecosystems of high conservation value. In addition, these areas provide a range of benefits, both direct and indirect, to our societies and economies, i.e. so called ecosystem services. These services include, for example, an ecosystem's ability to regulate floods and climate, purify water, secure the pollination of crops, and create opportunities for recreation, culture and tourism. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the socio-economic benefits of PAs and PA networks and provides step-by-step practical guidance on identifying, assessing and valuing the various ecosystem services and related benefits provided by PAs. It also aims to improve the communication of PA benefits to different stakeholders and the general public. It is shown that identifying and valuing the socio-economic benefits of PAs can be beneficial for several reasons. Demonstrating socio-economic importance of a protected site can significantly increase political and stakeholder support for the site and resolve conflicts between different interest groups. This can lead to positive changes in policies and decision-making. Insights on PA benefits are also needed to identify a combination of actions and land use practices that best support the sustainable and equitable utilisation of these benefits, while retaining a site’s conservation goals. Finally, demonstrating different benefits can help to discover alternative and sustainable sources for financing the management of PAs. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Ecological Forest Management Jerry F. Franklin, K. Norman Johnson, Debora L. Johnson, 2018-03-19 Fundamental changes have occurred in all aspects of forestry over the last 50 years, including the underlying science, societal expectations of forests and their management, and the evolution of a globalized economy. This textbook is an effort to comprehensively integrate this new knowledge of forest ecosystems and human concerns and needs into a management philosophy that is applicable to the vast majority of global forest lands. Ecological forest management (EFM) is focused on policies and practices that maintain the integrity of forest ecosystems while achieving environmental, economic, and cultural goals of human societies. EFM uses natural ecological models as its basis contrasting it with modern production forestry, which is based on agronomic models and constrained by required return-on-investment. Sections of the book consider: 1) Basic concepts related to forest ecosystems and silviculture based on natural models; 2) Social and political foundations of forestry, including law, economics, and social acceptability; 3) Important current topics including wildfire, biological diversity, and climate change; and 4) Forest planning in an uncertain world from small privately-owned lands to large public ownerships. The book concludes with an overview of how EFM can contribute to resolving major 21st century issues in forestry, including sustaining forest dependent societies. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Unasylva 250 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2018-09-13 Cities need forests. The network of woodlands, groups of trees and individual trees in a city and on its fringes performs a huge range of functions – such as regulating climate; storing carbon; removing air pollutants; reducing the risk of flooding; assisting in food, energy and water security; and improving the physical and mental health of citizens. Forests enhance the look of cities and play important roles in social cohesion; they may even reduce crime. This edition of Unasylva takes a close look at urban and peri-urban forestry – its benefits, pitfalls, governance and challenges. |
| economic benefits of forestry: Economics of Forestry Roger A. Sedjo, 2018-02-06 This title was first published in 2003. The 'Economics of Forestry' is a specialized subset of resource economics addressing a specific natural resource - the forest - which is usually a relatively long time period. Hence, forest economics has characteristics similar to nonrenewable resources but also has those of a renewable resource, in some cases approaching those of agriculture. This volume comprises some of the most significant journal essays in forest economics and forest policy. The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy explores the influence of economics on the development of environmental and natural resource policy. In a series of twenty five volumes, the most significant journal essays in key areas of contemporary environmental and resource policy are collected. Scholars who are recognized for their expertise and contribution to the literature in the various research areas serve as volume editors and write essays that provides the context for the collection. Volumes in the series reflect three broad strands of economic research including 1) Natural and Environmental Resources, 2) Policy Instruments and Institutions and 3) Methodology. The editors, in their introduction to each volume, provide a state-of-the-art overview of the topic and explain the influence and relevance of the collected papers on the development of policy. This reference series provides access to the economic literature that has shaped contemporary perspectives on land use analysis and policy. |
| economic benefits of forestry: The Economic Benefits of Forestry Research William F. Hyde, David H. Newman, Barry J. Seldon, 1992 This work, by three authors with extensive forestry research experience, assesses US forestry research programs, determining the programs most likely to yield useful results. It is intended to aid researchers and sponsors in making the best possible choices as well as to assist forestry and rural de |
| economic benefits of forestry: Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin The BACC II Author Team, 2015-04-03 This book is an update of the first BACC assessment, published in 2008. It offers new and updated scientific findings in regional climate research for the Baltic Sea basin. These include climate changes since the last glaciation (approx. 12,000 years ago), changes in the recent past (the last 200 years), climate projections up until 2100 using state-of-the-art regional climate models and an assessment of climate-change impacts on terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. There are dedicated new chapters on sea-level rise, coastal erosion and impacts on urban areas. A new set of chapters deals with possible causes of regional climate change along with the global effects of increased greenhouse gas concentrations, namely atmospheric aerosols and land-cover change. The evidence collected and presented in this book shows that the regional climate has already started to change and this is expected to continue. Projections of potential future climates show that the region will probably become considerably warmer and wetter in some parts, but dryer in others. Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems have already shown adjustments to increased temperatures and are expected to undergo further changes in the near future. The BACC II Author Team consists of 141 scientists from 12 countries, covering various disciplines related to climate research and related impacts. BACC II is a project of the Baltic Earth research network and contributes to the World Climate Research Programme. |
| economic benefits of forestry: The Economic Theory of Community Forestry David Robinson, 2016-05-26 Community forestry is an expanding model of forest management around the world. Over a quarter of forests in developing countries are now owned by or assigned to communities and there is a growing community forestry movement in developed countries such as Canada and the USA. There is, however, no economic theory of community forestry and no systematic treatment of the potential economic advantages of promoting Community forestry in developed countries. As a result much of the policy debate over forest management and forest tenure rests on confused and often erroneous views held by policy makers and encouraged by the dominant forestry industry. The Economic Theory of Community Forestry aims to address this gap and provides the tools for understanding community forestry movement as an alternative form of ownership that can mobilize community resources and encourage innovation. It uses a wide range of economic principles to show how community forestry can be economically superior to conventional forestry; provides examples from Canadian practice; and discusses the regulatory regime that policy makers must put in place to benefit from community forestry. This book will be of interest to policy makers, activists, community forestry managers and members, foresters and forestry students. |
Chapter 7 Socio-economic functions of forest resources
Forest provide a wide variety of social and economic benefits, ranging from easily quantified economic values associated with forest products, to less tangible services and contributions to …
Economic Contributions from Conserved Forests: Four Case …
Privately-owned forests provide important environmental, economic, and cultural benefits to the general public. Resulting impacts from land-ownership changes and conversion of working …
Final Report The Economic Footprint and Quality-of-Life …
Urban forestry contributes to the economy and quality-of-life in communities across the United States. Private sector industries, local governments, universities, and ut. lities involved in urban …
8670 Economic Contribution of Forestry and Forestry Products
• The forestry and logging industries directly contribute $437 million and 5,700 jobs to the state economy and $500 million and 3,600 jobs in indirect or induced economic impact. …
Economic Benefits of the - Georgia Forestry Commission
Total economic activity supported by the forest industry in Georgia (including the multiplier effect and forestry-related bioenergy firms) was $36.5 billion in 2019. These activities supported the …
The Economic Footprint and Quality-of-Life Benefits of Urban …
Urban forestry: The growing, distributing, planting, and maintaining of trees and forests where people live, work, play, and learn. Quality-of-life benefits: The services delivered to individuals …
An Economic Evaluation of the Market and Non-Market …
To provide strategic information by indicating the relative benefits of forest management practice respectively directed at the outputs of recreation, biodiversity, landscape, water quality and …
Enhancing the forest-based economic, social and …
DESA, 2017) seeks to “enhance forest-based economic, social and environmental benefits, including the livelihoods of forest-dependent people”. A wide range of institutional, legislative,...
The Economic Value of Forest Ecosystems - Convention on …
Forest ecosystems are being degraded and lost because of rapid population change and economic incentives that make forest conversion appear more profitable than forest …
Socioeconomic and Environmental Benefits of Agroforestry …
For effective implementation of agroforestry as key component of community-based policies and programs, the study found the need to determine whether the socioeconomic and …
Economic Contribution of Timber Harvesting and …
Forestry and associated manufacturing sectors are important to regional economies that have abundant forest resources and forestry is one of the major contributors to employment in rural …
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF FORESTS - United Nations
larger economic benefits forests provide through non‐cash valued products and services. Consequently, investments in the forest sector remain in imbalance, and aimed mainly at...
Exploring the economic value of trees' social and …
Many of the benefits of trees are wholly or partly unvalued in markets and associated GDP calculations. Credit: University of Exeter. The social and environmental outputs of woodlands …
The economic benefits and costs of trees in urban forest
Understanding the benefits provided by urban trees is important to justify investment and improve stewardship. Many studies have attempted to quantify the benefits of trees in monetary terms, …
ASSESSING THE BENEFITS AND ECONOMIC VALUES OF TREES …
Understanding the environmental, economic, and social/community benefits of nature, in particular trees and forests, can lead to better vegetation management and designs to optimize …
2022 ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE FOREST INDUSTRY IN …
Economic activity is measured by output, employment, and compensation generated directly by Georgia’s forest industry. Employment: In 2022, Georgia’s forest industry provided 57,228 jobs, …
Economic Contributions of Land - Partners in Forestry
environmental benefits but also must be managed to provide tangible economic and social benefits to the public. • We sought to quantify the economic activities that happen on FLP land …
Economic Contributions of Forests: Present and Future
economic contributions from forests over the last five decades – Global output (1.6% to 1%), work force (0.6% to 0.4%), trade (3.5% to 2.4% of exports)
BC Council of Forest Industries Economic Impact Study
significant economic benefits for numerous sectors on which the forest industry and forestry workers rely, particularly transportation, food services, building services and supplies. In 2022, …
Economic Benefits of Timber and Productive Forest Land in …
The purpose of this paper is to describe the ABCPF's approach to assessing the economic benefits of using forest land for timber production. It focusses primarily on measurable criteria …
Chapter 7 Socio-economic functions of forest resources
Forest provide a wide variety of social and economic benefits, ranging from easily quantified economic values associated with forest products, to less tangible services and contributions to …
Economic Contributions from Conserved Forests: Four Case …
Privately-owned forests provide important environmental, economic, and cultural benefits to the general public. Resulting impacts from land-ownership changes and conversion of working …
Final Report The Economic Footprint and Quality-of-Life …
Urban forestry contributes to the economy and quality-of-life in communities across the United States. Private sector industries, local governments, universities, and ut. lities involved in …
8670 Economic Contribution of Forestry and Forestry Products
• The forestry and logging industries directly contribute $437 million and 5,700 jobs to the state economy and $500 million and 3,600 jobs in indirect or induced economic impact. …
Economic Benefits of the - Georgia Forestry Commission
Total economic activity supported by the forest industry in Georgia (including the multiplier effect and forestry-related bioenergy firms) was $36.5 billion in 2019. These activities supported the …
The Economic Footprint and Quality-of-Life Benefits of Urban …
Urban forestry: The growing, distributing, planting, and maintaining of trees and forests where people live, work, play, and learn. Quality-of-life benefits: The services delivered to individuals …
An Economic Evaluation of the Market and Non-Market …
To provide strategic information by indicating the relative benefits of forest management practice respectively directed at the outputs of recreation, biodiversity, landscape, water quality and …
Enhancing the forest-based economic, social and …
DESA, 2017) seeks to “enhance forest-based economic, social and environmental benefits, including the livelihoods of forest-dependent people”. A wide range of institutional, legislative,...
The Economic Value of Forest Ecosystems - Convention on …
Forest ecosystems are being degraded and lost because of rapid population change and economic incentives that make forest conversion appear more profitable than forest …
Socioeconomic and Environmental Benefits of Agroforestry …
For effective implementation of agroforestry as key component of community-based policies and programs, the study found the need to determine whether the socioeconomic and …
Economic Contribution of Timber Harvesting and …
Forestry and associated manufacturing sectors are important to regional economies that have abundant forest resources and forestry is one of the major contributors to employment in rural …
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF FORESTS - United Nations
larger economic benefits forests provide through non‐cash valued products and services. Consequently, investments in the forest sector remain in imbalance, and aimed mainly at...
Exploring the economic value of trees' social and …
Many of the benefits of trees are wholly or partly unvalued in markets and associated GDP calculations. Credit: University of Exeter. The social and environmental outputs of woodlands …
The economic benefits and costs of trees in urban forest
Understanding the benefits provided by urban trees is important to justify investment and improve stewardship. Many studies have attempted to quantify the benefits of trees in monetary terms, …
ASSESSING THE BENEFITS AND ECONOMIC VALUES …
Understanding the environmental, economic, and social/community benefits of nature, in particular trees and forests, can lead to better vegetation management and designs to …
2022 ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE FOREST INDUSTRY …
Economic activity is measured by output, employment, and compensation generated directly by Georgia’s forest industry. Employment: In 2022, Georgia’s forest industry provided 57,228 …
Economic Contributions of Land - Partners in Forestry
environmental benefits but also must be managed to provide tangible economic and social benefits to the public. • We sought to quantify the economic activities that happen on FLP land …
Economic Contributions of Forests: Present and Future
economic contributions from forests over the last five decades – Global output (1.6% to 1%), work force (0.6% to 0.4%), trade (3.5% to 2.4% of exports)
BC Council of Forest Industries Economic Impact Study
significant economic benefits for numerous sectors on which the forest industry and forestry workers rely, particularly transportation, food services, building services and supplies. In 2022, …
Economic Benefits of Timber and Productive Forest Land in …
The purpose of this paper is to describe the ABCPF's approach to assessing the economic benefits of using forest land for timber production. It focusses primarily on measurable criteria …
