This special issue contains 4 papers on topics about: (1) financial performance of timberland as an alternative asset; (2) estimation of annual investment returns from industrial planted forests in New Zealand; (3) performance of private equity timberland funds in the United States between 1985 and ...

Natural disturbances are paramount in the development of ecosystems but may jeopardise the provision of forest ecosystem services. Climate change exacerbates this threat and favours interactions between disturbances. Our objective was thus to capture this dimension of multiple disturbances in ...

Rural people living around forests in Ethiopia depend on income from forest product collection as one of their livelihood activities. The forests of Sheka are threatened by unsustainable use and conversion to alternative land uses. This study was conducted to identify and quantify income from major ...

The purpose of this paper is develop an industry-level (average) estimate of annual investment returns from industrial planted forests in New Zealand, from publicly-available financial statement data. The research used data from seven New Zealand commercial forest-growing companies, for the period...

These proceedings contain papers on topics about forest ecology and conservation, forest management, biodiversity and genetic conservation, forest policy and economics, forest remote sensing and gis / precision forestry, forest protection, forest soil and silviculture, social forestry, nature...

The Desa'a forest in Tigray is a national forest priority area managed by the government. Government authorities grant access to local communities as the forest is the source of income for many households. To allow the forest provide such economic needs and ecological functions, its sustainability...

Mangrove forest is one of the Ciletuh Bay landscapes tourist attractions as a part of Ciletuh-Palabuhanratu Geopark, Sukabumi Regency, West Java Province. Previous studies have reported severe damage to mangrove forests due to overexploitation by residents. This study aims to determine the economic ...

Over the past 40 years, China's forestry has undergone rapid change. Forest coverage and stocking have improved significantly, and forestry output value has increased tremendously. Moreover, China has established a modern industrial system for the manufacturing and sale of forest products driven by ...

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...

The paper seeks to examine the nature, structure and determinants of the forest economy of northeast India using secondary data from various sources. The study employs tools like percentage, compound annual growth rate, per capita availability and multiple regressions to find out the growth trend,...