On the economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry
This dissertation studies the stand-level economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry. The main method of this dissertation is economic-ecological optimization, where statistical-empirical size-structured ecological models are coupled with economic optimization models including fully flexibl...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/335121 2023-08-20T04:04:24+02:00 On the economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry Parkatti, Vesa-Pekka Ahtikoski, Anssi University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources Helsingin yliopisto, maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta Uusiutuvien luonnonvarojen kestävän käytön tohtoriohjelma Helsingfors universitet, agrikultur-forstvetenskapliga fakulteten Doktorandprogrammet i hållbart utnyttjande av förnybara naturresurser Tahvonen, Olli 2021-10-11T07:15:59Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/335121 eng eng Helsingin yliopisto Helsingfors universitet University of Helsinki URN:ISBN:978-951-651-715-8 2021 Dissertationes Forestales URN:ISSN:1795-7389 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/335121 URN:ISBN:978-951-651-714-1 Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. Publikationen är skyddad av upphovsrätten. Den får läsas och skrivas ut för personligt bruk. Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden. metsätiede Kansantaloustiede Text 4112 Metsätiede 511 Kansantaloustiede 4112 Skogsvetenskap 511 Nationalekonomi 4112 Forestry 511 Economics Doctoral dissertation (article-based) Artikkeliväitöskirja Artikelavhandling doctoralThesis 2021 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-07-28T06:21:00Z This dissertation studies the stand-level economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry. The main method of this dissertation is economic-ecological optimization, where statistical-empirical size-structured ecological models are coupled with economic optimization models including fully flexible optimization between continuous cover and rotation forestry. The dissertation consists of a summary section and three original research articles. The first article compares the favourability of continuous cover forestry between pure Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands and studies the effects of ecological models on economically optimal solutions. The second article studies the economics of mixed-species stands with up to four tree species. The third article studies the economics of arctic forestry in the homeland region of the Sámi people using a model that simultaneously includes timber production, carbon storage, and negative externalities of forestry on reindeer husbandry. According to the results, the differences in continuous cover forestry favourability between tree species are largely dependent on both species-specific differences in natural regeneration and natural regeneration differences between ecological models. Under realistic economic parameters, our model specification yields the result that continuous cover forestry is optimal for Norway spruce in both single- and mixed-species stands. In contrast, Scots pine favours rotation forestry in both single- and mixed-species stands. Physical overyielding of a species mixture does not reveal the economic preferability of that species mixture. In addition, we demonstrate that economically optimal continuous cover forestry avoids “high grading”, i.e. selective harvesting that leads to a completely different and economically inferior outcome. Including the negative externalities of forestry on reindeer husbandry into the economic model favours continuous cover forestry in arctic Scots pine stands. A carbon price ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Arctic reindeer husbandry Sámi Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Arctic Norway |
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This dissertation studies the stand-level economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry. The main method of this dissertation is economic-ecological optimization, where statistical-empirical size-structured ecological models are coupled with economic optimization models including fully flexible optimization between continuous cover and rotation forestry. The dissertation consists of a summary section and three original research articles. The first article compares the favourability of continuous cover forestry between pure Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands and studies the effects of ecological models on economically optimal solutions. The second article studies the economics of mixed-species stands with up to four tree species. The third article studies the economics of arctic forestry in the homeland region of the Sámi people using a model that simultaneously includes timber production, carbon storage, and negative externalities of forestry on reindeer husbandry. According to the results, the differences in continuous cover forestry favourability between tree species are largely dependent on both species-specific differences in natural regeneration and natural regeneration differences between ecological models. Under realistic economic parameters, our model specification yields the result that continuous cover forestry is optimal for Norway spruce in both single- and mixed-species stands. In contrast, Scots pine favours rotation forestry in both single- and mixed-species stands. Physical overyielding of a species mixture does not reveal the economic preferability of that species mixture. In addition, we demonstrate that economically optimal continuous cover forestry avoids “high grading”, i.e. selective harvesting that leads to a completely different and economically inferior outcome. Including the negative externalities of forestry on reindeer husbandry into the economic model favours continuous cover forestry in arctic Scots pine stands. A carbon price ... |
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Ahtikoski, Anssi University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources Helsingin yliopisto, maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta Uusiutuvien luonnonvarojen kestävän käytön tohtoriohjelma Helsingfors universitet, agrikultur-forstvetenskapliga fakulteten Doktorandprogrammet i hållbart utnyttjande av förnybara naturresurser Tahvonen, Olli |
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On the economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry |
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On the economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry |
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On the economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry |
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On the economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry |
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on the economics of continuous cover and rotation forestry |
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Arctic reindeer husbandry Sámi |
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URN:ISBN:978-951-651-715-8 2021 Dissertationes Forestales URN:ISSN:1795-7389 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/335121 URN:ISBN:978-951-651-714-1 |
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Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. Publikationen är skyddad av upphovsrätten. Den får läsas och skrivas ut för personligt bruk. Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden. |
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