The potential rural development impacts of utilizing non-merchantable forest biomass
| Autor: | David H. Smith, Darius M. Adams, Claire A. Montgomery, Mindy S. Crandall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Biomass (ecology) Small diameter Sociology and Political Science business.industry Natural resource economics 020209 energy Environmental resource management Forestry Subsidy 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Investment (macroeconomics) 01 natural sciences Rural development Incentive 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental science business Timber management 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Forest Policy and Economics. 74:20-29 |
| ISSN: | 1389-9341 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.11.002 |
| Popis: | The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a material that can be processed in rural communities reeling from changes in the forest products industry and policy environment; (ii) capture more value from timber management activities; and (iii) provide a financial incentive for treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest stands. Modeling the supply of this material with spatially-explicit potential demand locations allows for a realistic analysis of the feasibility of such a market to stimulate rural development. We model multiple scenarios for the utilization of harvest residues within the current forest products market in western Oregon. Sensitivity analysis explored the effects of cost of the depots on feasibility, including policy designed to support depot establishment through subsidies. Scenarios were also used to assess the effects of increases in federal harvest activities. Results suggest that with relatively high biomass prices, there is some potential for investment in depots to aid rural communities in western Oregon, but there is little change in either the overall feasibility or the location of depot establishment under scenarios of increased federal harvest. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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