Abstract In the Southern United States, a rising number of biomass facilities have created new market opportunities for forest landowners, consulting foresters, and loggers, which could increase competition between pulpwood biomass. Thus, comparing profits from conventional roundwood harvesting within range procurement distances be crucial to make harvest decision. this study, we considered two...

sustainable forest management in caspian forests of iran requires cost-benefit analysis in order to maintain the quality of timber stands during logging operations. this study was done with the aim of cost and gross revenue computations from current logging (net present value) in three adjacent compartments in district 2 of shafroud watershed. motion and time studies were carried out during fel...

In "price taker" markets, successful businesses are the low cost producers, and pallet manufacturers are no exception. The single largest cost component of pallet manufacturing is raw material costs. Cants and lumber typically account for over 60% of operating costs. In the last three decades, cants have replaced lumber as the primary raw material for hardwood pallet manufacturers. As stumpage ...

This paper examines how the demand for commodities adjusts to supply shocks, and shows the importance of capturing this adjustment process when calculating welfare effects. A dynamic capital adjustment model for U.S. softwood stumpage markets is developed, and compared to a traditional lagged adjustment model. The results show that timber markets in the U.S. adjusted to the large supply shock o...

Figure 6. Summary of average merchantable volume (without guidelines) by species within the 27 study tracts offered for sale (cords/acre). Figure 7. Discount in willingness to pay for stumpage when guidelines were required below bid values when guidelines were not required for the 80 paired bids submitted on the 23 study tracts sold ($/cord). Figure 8. Summary of the difference in bid price ($/...

On 14 April 1994, the British Columbia government announced a new stumpage formula that, at then-expected product prices, increased the average charge by about $12/m3 and more than doubled the rate at which stumpage fees change when lumber prices change. Most of the increased revenues are reinvested in the forest sector by a new organization, Forest Renewal British Columbia (FRBC), created spec...

a r t i c l e i n f o The ecological, economic and socio-cultural roles of forests are under threat in Ghana due to the high rate of deforestation. Efforts are being made to combat this problem through rehabilitation measures. However, the costs of deforestation and restoration benefits are not adequately estimated. This paper fills in the gap in knowledge by providing an empirical estimation o...