Global timber investments, wood costs, regulation, and risk

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1667-1678

  Cubbage, Frederick ^a   Koesbandana, Sadharga ^a   Mac Donagh, Patricio ^b   Rubilar, Rafael ^c   Balmelli, Gustavo ^d   Olmos, Virginia Morales ^e   De La Torre, Rafael ^f   Murara, Mauro ^g   Hoeflich, Vitor Afonso ^h   Kotze, Heynz ⁱ   Gonzalez, Ronalds ^a   Carrero, Omar ^a   Frey, Gregory ^j   Adams, Thomas ^k   Turner, James ^k   Lord, Roger ^l   Huang, Jin ^m   MacIntyre, Charles ^a   McGinley, Kathleen ⁿ   Abt, Robert ^a   Phillips, Richard ^a   more..

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^e WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^f CellFor   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDADE DO CONTESTADO   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

ⁱ Komatiland Forests (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

^j WORLD BANK   (United States)

^k SCION   (New Zealand)

^l Bruce and Girard Inc   (United States)

^m ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

ⁿ USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Eucalyptus spp; Financial models; Forest plantations; Investment returns; Pinus spp; Risk

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS SPP; FINANCIAL MODELS; FOREST PLANTATION; INVESTMENT RETURNS; PINUS SPP;

FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TIMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COSTS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; PLANTATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; RISK FACTOR; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER; TREE; WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; COSTS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTS; INVESTMENT; LEGISLATION; PINUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EUCALYPTUS; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 78149284469     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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