Costs of delayed reforestation and failure to reforest

New Forests

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 57-70

  Zhang, Daowei ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental benefits; Extensive margin; Faustmann formula; Intensive margin; Land ethic; Non reforestation; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES; EXTENSIVE MARGIN; FAUSTMANN FORMULA; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT; INTENSIVE MARGIN; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

REFORESTATION;

COST ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ETHICS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRIVATE LAND; REFORESTATION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

AREA; COSTS; DEGRADATION; FAILURE; HARVESTING; MARGINS; PAPER; REFORESTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85052110512     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-018-9676-y     Document Type: Article

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