Forest Resource Economics And Policy Research Stragetic Directions For The Future

Foreword -- Preface -- Historical, Institutional, and Investment Context -- Development and Accomplishment of Research Programs -- Problem Orientation and Investments in Research Programs -- Impact Evaluation and Planning of Research Programs -- Organizational Involvement and Management of Research Programs -- Strategic Research Directions -- Institutional Arrangements Directing Use and Management of Forests -- Economic Structure and Performance of Forest-Based Industries -- Development, Dissemination, and Adoption of New Technology -- Forecasting Demand and Supply of Forest Resources, Products, and Services -- Social and Economic Growth of Developing Nations -- International Trade in Forest and Related Products -- Wood Fiber Production -- Timber Harvesting -- Production and Valuation of Forest and Wildland Recreation -- Policy Development and Program Administration -- Resource Assessment, Information Management, and Communications Technology -- Forestry Sector Environmental Effects -- Community and Regional Economic Growth and Development -- Taxation of Forest Products and Forest Resources -- Distribution and Marketing of Forest Resource Products -- Forest Resources Law and Legal Processes -- Management of Fire in Forested Environments -- Management of Insects and Diseases in Forested Environments -- Structure and Performance of Nonindustrial Private Forests -- Production and Valuation of Water from Forested Watersheds -- Future Research Program Directions -- Challenges and Agendas for Forest Resource Economics and Policy Research in the Coming Decade