Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Products in the United States Pacific Northwest

Toppinen, Anne; Adams, Darius M.; Montgomery, Claire A.

doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0664-4_27

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“…The best example is the U.S. President's Forest Plan (Gorte 1993) for the habitat of Northern Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest. The plan superseded all previous plans, and limited federal timber sales to 7 million m 3 /year, i.e., 25% of the 1980s level and 33% of the predicted forest plan level (Toppinen et al 2001). In fact, federal timber harvest in the owl region has been less than that, reaching only 4.5 million m 3 /year in 1998.…”

Section: Market Forest Resources and Sustainable Forest Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Softwood timber harvest from national forests accounted for 30% of the total softwood timber harvest in the Pacific Northwest and California and 11% of the total timber harvest in the US in the 1980s. Since the President's Plan, these percentages have fallen to 10% and 3%, respectively (Toppinen et al 2001). Along with many other economic consequences, these changes have affected softwood prices in the U.S. and, therefore, international trade of softwood.…”

Section: Market Forest Resources and Sustainable Forest Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Market, timber pricing, and forest management

Kant¹

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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Some resource economists and policy-makers believe that market mechanisms in general and timber pricing through auctions specifically are the only solutions for forest management in Canada. In this paper, simple economic concepts of market, economic efficiency, and social optimality are discussed, and the specific features of forest resources and sustainable forest management and their implications for optimal resource allocation through the market are highlighted. Economic theory behind competitive timber pricing in two geographical regions is presented to demonstrate that in a competitive setting, the prices of timber need not be the same in the two regions. Timber pricing mechanisms used by different countries are summarized, and auctions, their limitations, and some important outcomes of timber auctions by the United States Forest Service are discussed. Market performances of residual value and auction-based timber pricing are compared. On the basis of these discussions, it is inferred that sustainable forest management cannot be achieved either by the market or by government-controlled mechanisms only. An optimal-mix of the market and government-controlled mechanisms is the only answer to achieve sustainable forest management. Key words: auction, Canada, economic efficiency, market, residual value, social optimality, sustainable forest management, timber pricing

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Section: Market Forest Resources and Sustainable Forest Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Market Forest Resources and Sustainable Forest Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%