Abstract
There are two broad approaches for jointly producing timber and conserving biodiversity in forests: segregated management, in which timber production is emphasized in some parts of the forest and biodiversity conservation in others, and integrated management, in which conservation measures are incorporated into logging regimes. Nonlinearities in forestry production sets affect the relative economic superiority of these two approaches. Such nonlinearities can result from economic, institutional, and ecological factors. They can cause segregated management to be superior to integrated management even in forests comprised of identical stands. The policy relevance of this and other effects of nonlinearities on spatial aspects of forestry management depends, however, on the relative values of biodiversity and timber.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Baumol, W.D., & Oates, W.E. (1988). The theory of environmental policy (2nd edition). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Boscolo, M., & Vincent, J.R. (2003). Nonconvexities in the production of timber, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46, 251–268.
Bowes, M.D., & Krutilla, J.V. (1989). The economics of public forestlands. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future.
Condit, R., Pitman, N., Leigh, E.G., Chave, J., Terborgh, J., Foster, R.B., Nunez, P., Aguilar, S., Valencia, R., Villa, G., Muller-Landau, H.C., Losos, E., & Hubbell, S.P. (2002). Beta diversity in tropical forest trees. Science, 295, 666–669.
Fisher, A.C., Krutilla, J.V., & Cicchetti, C.J. (1972). The economics of environmental preservation: A theoretical and empirical analysis. American Economic Review, 62(4), 605–619.
Forest Stewardship Council. (2002). FSC principles & criteria of forest stewardship. Retrieved August 1, 2004, from www.fsc.org/fsc/how_fsc_works/policy_standards/princ_criteria.
He, F.L., & Gaston, K.J. (2000). Estimating species abundance from occurrence. American Naturalist, 156, 553–559.
He, F.L., & Legendre, P. (2002). Species diversity patterns derived from species-area models. Ecology, 83, 1185–1198.
He, F.L., Legendre, P., & LaFrankie, J.V. (1997). Distribution patterns of tree species in a Malaysian tropical rain forest. Journal of Vegetation Science, 8, 105–114.
Helfand, G.E., & Whitney, M.D. (1994). Efficient multiple-use forestry may require land-use specialization: Comment. Land Economics, 70, 391–395.
Hubbell, S.P. (2001). The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
International Tropical Timber Organization. (1998). Criteria and indicators for sustainable management of natural tropical forests. ITTO Policy Development Series No.7. Yokohama, Japan.
Krutilla, J.V. (1967). Conservation reconsidered. American Economic Review, 57(4), 777–786.
Lampietti, J.A., & Dixon, J.A. (1995) To see the forest for the trees: a guide to non-timber forest benefits. Environment Department Working Paper No. 013. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
Lichtenstein, M.E., & Montgomery, C.A. (2003). Biodiversity and timber in the Coast Range of Oregon: Inside the production possibility frontier. Land Economics, 79, 56–73.
Plotkin, J.B., & Muller-Landau, H.C. (2002). Sampling the species composition of a landscape. Ecology, 83, 3344–3356.
Potts, M.D., & Vincent, J.R. (2004) (in review). Spatial distribution of species populations, relative economic values, and the optimal size and number of reserves. Submitted to Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Rohweder, M.R., McKetta, C.W., & Riggs, R.A. (2000). Economic and biological compatibility of timber and wildlife production: An illustrative use of production possibilities frontier. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 28, 435–447.
Swallow, S.K., Talukdar, P., & Wear, D.N. (1997). Spatial and temporal specialization in forest ecosystem management under sole ownership. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79, 311–326.
Swallow, S.K., & Wear, D.N. (1993). Spatial interactions in multiple-use forestry and substitution and wealth effects for the single stand. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 25, 103–120.
Taylor, L.R., Woiwod, I.P., & Perry, J.N. (1978). The density-dependence of spatial behavior and the rarity of randomness. Journal of Animal Ecology, 47(2), 383–406.
Vincent, J.R., & Binkley, C.S. (1993). Efficient multiple-use forestry may require land-use specialization. Land Economics, 69, 370–376.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2005 Springer
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Vincent, J.R., Potts, M.D. (2005). Nonlinearities, Biodiversity Conservation, and Sustainable Forest Management. In: Kant, S., Berry, R.A. (eds) Economics, Sustainability, and Natural Resources. Sustainability, Economics, and Natural Resources, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3518-7_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3518-7_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-3465-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-4020-3518-0
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)