Search Results - subject:"FOREST SECTOR"

Potential impact of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the global forest sector

Buongiorno, Joseph; Rougieux, Paul; Barkaoui, Ahmed; … - In: Journal of forest economics : JFE 20 (2014) 3, pp. 252-266

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Proceedings of a LEF seminar - Forest-wood sector modelling: Application for France

Barkaoui, Ahmed; Harou, Patrice - Laboratoire d'Économie Forestière, Département … - 2007

Wood trade is becoming truly international. Should France start modeling its forest sector in that global context? A … panel of forest sector modelers and practitioners were invited to share their experience and suggest ways to model the … french forest sector. An international forest sector model, the Global Forest Products Model, is presented by J. Buongiorno …

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Optimal Taxation in the Forestry Sector in the Congo Basin; The Case of Gabon

Melhado, Oscar E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper reviews forestry reform in the Congo basin, focusing on Gabon. It argues that the key challenge for the Congo basin countries is to manage their forests in a sustainable manner. It presents the current situation of forestry taxation and forestry reform in Gabon. The paper analyzes...

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Forestry, non-forest sector policies and the environment: a review

Culas, Richard J. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006

aspects: an assessment of influence of non-forest sector (external) policies on forests; the initiatives taken by …

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Combining an inter-sectoral carbon tax with sectoral mitigation policies: Impacts on the French forest sector

Caurla, Sylvain; Delacote, Philippe; Lecocq, Franck; … - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2013

As France works out its plan to tackle climate change issues, questions are arising in the forest sector as to how … tax and a sequestration policy on (i) the economy of the forest sector, and (ii) the dynamics of the forest resource. To … do this, we used a modified version of the French Forest Sector Model (FFSM) and carried out simulations on a 2020 time …

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A multi-sector intertemporal optimization approach to assess the GHG implications of U.S. forest and agricultural biomass electricity expansion

Latta, Gregory S.; Baker, Justin S.; Beach, Robert H.; … - In: Journal of Forest Economics 19 (2013) 4, pp. 361-383

This study applies an intertemporal partial equilibrium model of the U.S. Forest and Agricultural sectors to assess the market, land use, and greenhouse gas (GHG) implications of biomass electricity expansion. Results show how intertemporal optimization procedures can yield different biomass...

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Combining an inter-sectoral carbon tax with sectoral mitigation policies: Impacts on the French forest sector

Caurla, Sylvain; Delacote, Philippe; Lecocq, Franck; … - In: Journal of Forest Economics 19 (2013) 4, pp. 450-461

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Opinions on legality principles considered in the FLEGT/VPA policy in Ghana and Indonesia

Wiersum, K. Freerk; Elands, Birgit H.M. - In: Forest Policy and Economics 32 (2013) C, pp. 14-22

The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade programme (FLEGT) of the European Union aims at stimulating both legal timber production and good forest governance. The EU establishes Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with individual tropical timber exporting countries; these VPAs should...

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A review of recent developments and applications of partial equilibrium models of the forest sector

Latta, Gregory S.; Sjølie, Hanne K.; Solberg, Birger - In: Journal of Forest Economics 19 (2013) 4, pp. 350-360

Recent history has seen an increase in the utilization of partial equilibrium based forest sector models to identify …

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Sequester or substitute—Consequences of increased production of wood based energy on the carbon balance in Finland

Kallio, A.M.I.; Salminen, O.; Sievänen, R. - In: Journal of Forest Economics 19 (2013) 4, pp. 402-415

Forests play an important role in mitigating climate change. Forests can sequester carbon from the atmosphere and provide biomass, which can be used to substitute for fossil fuels or energy-intensive materials. International climate policies favor the use of wood to substitute for fossil fuels...

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