Forest Resource Economics and Policy Research: Strategic Directions for the Future

by Paul V. Ellefson (Editor)

Overview

This book reviews the status of discipline-wide activity in forest economics and policy research, especially investment levels, past and current program emphasis, program planning, and organizational involvement. It defines strategic directions for forest economics and policy research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367013196
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/02/2019
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword — Preface — Historical, Institutional, and Investment Context — Development and Accomplishment of Research Programs — Problem Orientation and Investments in Research Programs — Impact Evaluation and Planning of Research Programs — Organizational Involvement and Management of Research Programs — Strategic Research Directions — Institutional Arrangements Directing Use and Management of Forests — Economic Structure and Performance of Forest-Based Industries — Development, Dissemination, and Adoption of New Technology — Forecasting Demand and Supply of Forest Resources, Products, and Services — Social and Economic Growth of Developing Nations — International Trade in Forest and Related Products — Wood Fiber Production — Timber Harvesting — Production and Valuation of Forest and Wildland Recreation — Policy Development and Program Administration — Resource Assessment, Information Management, and Communications Technology — Forestry Sector Environmental Effects — Community and Regional Economic Growth and Development — Taxation of Forest Products and Forest Resources — Distribution and Marketing of Forest Resource Products — Forest Resources Law and Legal Processes — Management of Fire in Forested Environments — Management of Insects and Diseases in Forested Environments — Structure and Performance of Nonindustrial Private Forests — Production and Valuation of Water from Forested Watersheds — Future Research Program Directions — Challenges and Agendas for Forest Resource Economics and Policy Research in the Coming Decade