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Title: Assessing economic tradeoffs in forest management.
Author(s): Niemi, Ernie; Whitelaw, Ed.
Date: 1999
Source: Revised. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-403. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 78 p
Station ID: GTR-PNW-403
Description: Method is described for assessing the competing demands for forest resources in a forest management plan by addressing economics values, economic impacts, and perceptions of fairness around each demand. Economics trends and forces that shape the dynamic ecosystem-economy relation are developed. The method is demonstrated through an illustrative analysis of a forest-management decision in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Keywords: Economics, timber sales, endangered species, natural amenities, recreation
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Niemi, Ernie; Whitelaw, Ed.  1999.  Assessing economic tradeoffs in forest management..   Revised. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-403. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 78 p




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