Showing papers in "Forest Policy and Economics in 2000"

TL;DR: A new hybrid method for improving the usability of SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is examined, and the results indicated that certification could be a potential strategic alternative in a Finnish case study farm.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of public participation processes in natural resource management with specific reference to forest planning is presented, which can be used as an analytical tool as well as a series of principles of good practice.

TL;DR: In this paper, the formation and implementation of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) policies in Nepal is examined by investigating the area of interactions between policy formation, choice and implementation within the new political economy approach, and suggestions are subsequently evaluated within the found practical political context.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the hedonic equation for willingness to pay for access to forest recreation in Ireland were investigated using data from a large-scale (over 8000) discrete choice contingent valuation study with a follow-up.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the current state of its forest resources, the structure of its forestry and wood processing sectors, and the problems facing policy makers, and suggest that the combination of past exploitation and the slow pace of economic reform are major obstacles to implementing rational forest policies.

TL;DR: In this paper, a partial equilibrium model was applied to the global forest sector in order to assess regional and global impacts of changes in economic growth, timber supply potentials, and technical trends.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply the Johansen multivariate cointegration procedure to test the law of one price for five regional markets of softwood lumber in Canada using quarterly data for the 1981-1997 period.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of economic transition policies on forestry in China were studied using panel data from four provinces covering the period 1978-1995, and the results showed that land tenure reform in general has had a positive effect on forest land expansion, but the absolute size of the effects varies from province to province.

TL;DR: In this article, a research project studying policy instruments for natural hazards protection in Austria is presented, based on two theoretical approaches concerning instruments for political control: policy analysis and systems theory.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how international forest politics and the integration of national actors in the EU multi-level system of joint decision-making affect national actor constellations and draw on the advocacy coalition framework to depict the Austrian forest policy network and its actors' dispute on forest certification.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors deal with the question of how scientific knowledge is put into practicable action (or rather how it is not put into action) and explain what role communicative processes play in passing on scientific know-how.

TL;DR: In this article, stands that are voluntarily set aside by individual forest owners were examined in terms of nature conservation value, and compared to randomly selected stands obtained by Monte Carlo simulation, in order to obtain rather detailed data about the set-aside stands, semi-standardized interviews were carried out directly with forest owners in three landscape areas dominated by NIPF.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the decision to convert a natural or semi-natural forest into Christmas tree production, when groundwater contamination is irreversible and future returns on non-contaminated groundwater resources and tree production are uncertain.

TL;DR: The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences reviewed the scientific basis for federal policies focused on non-federal forests (200,000,000 ha) in the United States as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) has shaped the pan-European dialogue on forests for 10 years now as discussed by the authors, and at three Ministerial Conferences, approximately 40 European ministers responsible for forests agreed on 12 resolutions for the protection and sustainable management of forests in Europe.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the transformation of public goods and positive externalities provided by forestry into marketable private goods and services, which are defined as Recreational Environmental (RE) Products.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the chance of a compromise between the two opposing positions using the rational choice theory, common-property regimes, and the belief systems approach, and provide some theoretical perspectives for enhancing biological diversity in forests.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impacts of alternative levels of timber cuttings were evaluated by means of a fixed-price input-output model by using backward linkages of forest industry's output.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined 991 FIA plots in the south central states of the US and measured the financial performance of each plot from the equivalent annual income (EAI) produced by growth and harvest, between two successive inventories.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of county-level bamboo sector reforms on bamboo contributions to the county economy is examined by using aggregate county data and simple analytical methods and the role of the contributions of bamboo to the different income groups is evaluated on the basis of data, for 1987 and 1997, from 46 households and by using Gini coefficients, relative and absolute inequality weights, and movements of households through different income classes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed an incentive-based approach in addition to punitive measures that dominate the current forest legislation to increase the chances of successful implementation of forest policies in Albania.

TL;DR: In this paper, an ex ante assessment of the social efficiency of the Irish Government's Forestry Plan is undertaken and, in doing so, a range of externalities is examined using, inter alia, contingent valuation and production function approaches.

TL;DR: The first five years of the implementation of the conservation use valuation (CUV) program in Georgia were analyzed in this article. But, the analysis focused on the economic and land use impacts of the program.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined factors determining the payment schemes for silvicultural workers when activities are performed in-house rather than contracted out and found that larger companies rely more on wages, and especially salaries, than do smaller companies.