A marginal cost analysis of trade-offs in old-growth preservation in Ontario

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Khajuria, Rajendra Prasad ^a   Laaksonen Craig, Susanna ^a   Kant, Shashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marginal cost; Old growth; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; MARGINAL COSTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41349095623     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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