Forest Economics and Policy (SRS RWU 4804)
Our Mission is to evaluate legal, tax, social, and economic influences
on forest resource management and investment, and to develop guidelines
that will support the sustainable management of forests.
The most recent mission for SRS-4804 is to improve the economic foundation for natural resource policy and management through research in the following problem areas:
- Forest Disturbance and Management Economics-
address questions regarding
the appropriate applications of
management to forest ecosystems in the
presence of changing disturbance regimes.
- Policy and Program Evaluation-
Examine how policies
influence resource decisions and how
policy design can alter the flow of
ecosystem services and affect different
groups.
- Natural Resource Assessment and Forecasting-
Define how management and
policies combine with natural disturbance
regimes to reshape forests and the flow of
ecosystem services at broad scales.
New Publications:
- Forest landowners’ guide to the Federal income tax
- Outlook to 2060 for world forests and forest industries: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment
- The North American Forest Sector Outlook, 2006-2030
- Forecasts of county-level land uses under three future scenarios: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment
- Economic Impacts of the Southern Pine Beetle