Assessing economic tradeoffs in forest management.

Ernie Niemi; Ed. Whitelaw

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-403

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Assessing economic tradeoffs in forest management.

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Authors:

Ernie Niemi, Ed. Whitelaw

Year:

1999

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-403

Source:

Revised. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-403. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 78 p

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Abstract

Method is described for assessing the competing demands for forest resources in a forest management plan by addressing economics values, economic impacts, and perceptions of fairness around each demand. Economics trends and forces that shape the dynamic ecosystem-economy relation are developed. The method is demonstrated through an illustrative analysis of a forest-management decision in the southern Appalachian Mountains.

Keywords

Economics, timber sales, endangered species, natural amenities, recreation

Citation

Niemi, Ernie; Whitelaw, Ed. 1999. Assessing economic tradeoffs in forest management. Revised. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-403. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 78 p