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1. Forestry investment returns
subcategory:Timberland investment
subcategory:Objectives and behavior you're here
subcategory:Influence of change

2. Economics of forest health
subcategory:Quantitative impacts
subcategory:Aggregate impacts
subcategory:Decision support systems

3. Regional resource models
subcategory:Market-level models
subcategory:Regional analyses
subcategory:Landscape/stand models

4. Public policy and objectives
subcategory:Public involvement
subcategory:Rural communities
subcategory:Tropical forestry
subcategory: Public programs

Objectives and Behavior of Southern Timber Producers

Description:

Southern forests are principally owned by private producers but private producers include both forest industry and nonindustrial private forestland owners (NIPF's). While industrial forestry operations may have profit maximization as a central corporate goal, questions arise regarding the role and importance of timber production within this group. Among nonindustrial owners, the reasons for owning forests vary and can be complex. These differences in objectives among owners of forestland in the South, combined with different spatial patterns of ownership, can translate into large variations in timber quality, quantity, and value across the region. Responses to government policies and programs and to market signals are therefore likely to depend on the mix of ownership and the variety of ownership objectives.

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modified: 13-MAR-2000
created by: Jeffrey P. Prestemon
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