What is meant by sustainability depends on what is sustained and at what level. Sustainable
forest management, for example, requires maintenance of a variety of values not the least of …

Private timberlands in the United States have the biological potential to provide larger
quantities of timber on a sustainable basis than they do today. Most opportunities for …

Tropical forests vary greatly in their stocking rates of timber and the commercial value of the
different tree species they contain. This significantly affects the economics of logging and …

Towards Forest Sustainability is a collection of practical essays by some of the world's
leading forest ecologists and managers from the United States of America, Canada, Finland …

First Published in 2011. This is the sixth volume in the Forests, Lands, and Recreation set of
ten volumes. This text is one of many on the topic of timber supply, a perpetually central …

Sustained yield policies designed to ensure an even annual flow of timber harvests remain
the most common approach to forest management on public lands in Canada. Such policies …

It could be argued that perhaps the most dismal sub-discipline within the dismal science of
economics is salvage economics. In the wake of catastrophic events such as pest …

Forests have the potential to provide ecosystem services, timber, mature growth aesthetics,
and wildlife and endangered species protection. Forest managers are faced with complex …

The longleaf pine ecosystem is one of the most biologically diverse in North America,
supporting hundreds of plant and animal species. Because of its timber and many non …

Historically, private nonindustrial forests have made significant contributions to the national
timber budget. The Forest Service expects even greater reliance in the future on the timber …