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Forest Economics and Policy Research Unit


1. Forestry investment returns
subcategory:Timberland investment
subcategory:Objectives and behavior
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 you're here
subcategory:Rural communities
subcategory:Tropical forestry
subcategory: Public programs

Public Values, Opinions and Involvement Influencing Forest Protection and Management

Description:

Forest protection and managment practices on public and private lands have become issues of considerable public debate. As the demand for competing goods and services provided by forest land grows, the public has developed greater interest in understanding and influencing forest protection and management decisions. Public values and opinions will continue to shape the debate regarding existing and potential rules and regulations regarding management of forest land. A better understanding of the values the public holds regarding forest land, how those values are formed and evolve, what values are promoted by special interest groups and how representative interest groups may or may not be of the larger public will help forest land managers and policy makers formulate and implement policies in keeping with what the public wants.

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modified: 13-MAR-2000
created by: Thomas P. Holmes
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