Financial and economic performance of long-rotation hardwood plantation investments in Queensland, Australia

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 437-454

  Venn, Tyron J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Economic analysis; Ecosystem services; Environmental valuation; Financial analysis; Salinity; Timber plantations

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC MODELS; GROWTH RATES; HARDWOOD PLANTATIONS; SAWLOG PRODUCTION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

HARDWOODS;

ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARDWOODS; INVESTMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY; SILVICULTURE;

EID: 13444302835     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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