Economic effects of environmental concerns in forest management: An analysis of the cost of achieving environmental goals

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-113

  Zhou, Wenchao ^a   Gong, Peichen ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest planning; Modeling to generate alternatives; Multiple use forestry; Ranking of fuzzy numbers

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; TIMBER;

DEADWOOD; OLD-GROWTH FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

DEAD WOOD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; LINEAR PROGRAMING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 4344599151     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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