The present paradigm regarding the forests, from an economic point of view, has to swift drastically in order to keep the sustainability of it. The existing forest economic models, rooted in sustained yield timber management systems and neo-classical economic framework, are subject to many...

As a cross discipline, the study scope of the forest economics has expanded continuously. Based on the review and analysis of the study in the two international authoritative journals, "Journal of Forest Economics" and "Forest Policy and Economics" from 2010 to 2014, this paper discussed the latest ...

The International Society of Forest Resource Economics 2018 Annual Meeting was held in Gatlinburg, TN, March 19-21, 2018. The meeting was attended by a range of forest economics professionals to discuss developments in various aspects of forest economics including traditional and emerging markets...

This study designed an econometric demand model for Japanese cedar sawlogs and examined longitudinal data from 1960 to 2019. We constructed and estimated a vector error correction model for Japanese cedar sawlog demand and used unit root and cointegration testing to avoid spurious regressions with...

This work aims to evaluate alternatives to conciliate economic growth and the Amazon preservation. For this, we measured the economic costs to preserve the Brazilian Amazon by simulating a zero-deforestation policy. We also evaluate the scenario of deforestation in Brazil in the last decades. We...

A harvest scheduling model when the natural risk is not only dependent on the age of the forest stand but also on the stock density is presented in this paper. In addition, damages to human lives, human health and infrastructure caused by natural risks are incorporated. Using a conditional current...

Mountain-Forest ecosystems provide essential services within the economic system of the region and perhaps the country. These natural resources, which have many apparent or not apparent functions, are facing economic development pressures in recent years. With quality and rational forest...

Based on the Intelligent Support System for Strategic Studies of the Chinese Academy, the paper reviews the literature on economic forest technology and industry development, which are searched from the China Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology KG0 Knowledge Discovery Engine...

The protection of forest soil is an issue of increasing concern to Central European forestry. The focus lies on the impact of forest harvesting machinery on soil and the resulting risks to the forest ecosystem in general and to soil fertility in particular. The economic dimension of the issue...

The issue of the optimal thinning type has occupied foresters since the beginnings of modern forestry. Thinning from below and thinning from above represent the two extreme solutions in a continuum of thinning types. This paper provides a general economic analysis of the thinning intensity...