Is the northern spotted owl worth more than the orangutan?

Abstract

When policymakers choose to reduce the amount of wood harvested on National Forest lands, the demand for wood products must be met by reducing consumption, increasing recycling, substituting nonrenewable resources, or importing more wood. Reducing the amount consumed and increasing the amount recycled will not significantly impact global demand, and both substitution of nonrenewable resources and increased importation of wood products have negative consequences. Establishing high-yield plantations of genetically improved trees grown using intensive silviculture on federal lands may allow the United States to set aside other valuable areas without exporting environmental degradation or increasing carbon dioxide emissions.

Parent Publication

• Communicating the role of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop

Citation

Dekker-Robertson, Donna. 1997. Is the northern spotted owl worth more than the orangutan?. In: Communicating the role of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop. 1997 May 19-22; Warren, PA.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-238. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 19-28.