Main entry:

Zhang, Daowei, author.

Title & Author:

Forest economics / Daowei Zhang and Peter H. Pearse.

Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2011.

Description:

xx, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Revision and expansion of: Introduction to forestry economics.
"Paperback published 2012" -- title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Markets, Government, and Forest Investment Analysis. Forestry's Economic Perspective -- Market Economies and the Role of Government -- Forest Investment Analysis -- The Forest Sector. Land, Timber, and Unpriced Forest Values -- Timber Supply, Demand, and Pricing -- Unpriced Forest Values -- Land Allocation and Multiple Use -- The Economics of Forest Management. The Optimal Forest Rotation -- Regulating Harvests over Time -- Long-Term Trends in the Forest Sector and Silvicultural Investment -- Economics of Forest Policy. Property Rights -- Forest Taxes and Other Charges -- Forest Economics in Global Perspective. Forest Products Trade -- Global Forest Resources and the Environment.
Also issued in electronic format.

Summary:

"Forestry cannot be isolated from the forces that drive economic activity. While forestry involves using land, labour, and capital to produce goods and services from forests, economics helps in understanding how this can be done in ways that will best meet the needs of society. Therefore, a firm grounding in economics is integral to sound forestry policies and practices. This book, a major revision and expansion of Peter H. Pearse's 1990 classic, provides this grounding. Updated and enhanced with advanced empirical presentation of materials, it covers the basic economic principles and concepts and their application to modern forest management and policy issues. Topics range from valuation of forest investments and unpriced forest goods and services to product markets, government intervention, property rights, taxation, and global issues of forests and the environment. Each chapter contains review questions and suggestions for further reading. Forest Economics draws on the strengths of two of the field's leading practitioners who have more than fifty years of combined experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in forest economics in the United States and Canada. Its comprehensive and systematic analysis of forest issues makes it an indispensable resource for students and practitioners of forest management, natural resource conservation, and environmental studies"--Pub. desc

Resources:
04

ISBN:

9780774821520 (hardcover)
0774821523 (hardcover)
9780774821537 (paperback)
0774821531 (paperback)

Subject:

Forests and forestry Economic aspects.
Forests.
Forestry.
Forest economics.
Forest management.
Forêts Aspect économique.

Added entries:

Pearse, Peter H., author.
Pearse, Peter H.
Pearse, Peter H. Introduction to forestry economics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275037
Call No.: BIB 209029
Status: Available