This paper deals with the financial and economic state of forestry enterprises (on the example of the Kiev Department of Forestry and Hunting) in dynamics during the period 2008–2012 with a focus on households with radioactively contaminated territories

An improvement in cost accounting (CA) is one of the most important elements of the development of modern logging industry in Russia. CA of wood harvesting is important for management and decision making; it provides necessary information for choosing the optimal method of wood harvesting and...

In the new forest management recommendations in Finland, one cultivation alternative for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is intensive cultivation in which the quality of a poor or mediocre pine stand is improved by carrying out an intensive, quality first thinning. This type of thinning leaves...

Статья посвящена вопросам нелегальной заготовки и торговли древесиной. Рассматривается проблема истощения и вырождения лесов, лесного браконьерства....

Эффективность выращивания древесной биомассы в энергетических целях на лесных плантациях рассчитывалась для насаждений сосны обыкновенной, березы повислой,...

Through the collection of related literature, we point out the six major factors influencing China's forestry enterprises' financing: insufficient national support; regulations and institutional environmental factors; narrow channels of financing; inappropriate existing mortgage-backed approach;...

Literature on climate change and extreme events has found conflicting and often weak results on the evolution of economic damages related to natural disasters, although climate change is likely to bring about an increase in their magnitude (Van Aalst, 2006; IPCC, 2007, 2012). These studies usually...

This paper provides an overview of how economists think about climate change impacts with a focus on Asia. It is designed to discuss the steps along the causal chain from physical impacts to impacts on human and natural systems. It starts with a summary of the projected physical impacts of...

Barren ground and sites with low coverage by vegetation (e.g., dunes, soil surfaces, dry lakes, and riverbeds) are the main source areas of sand and dust storms (SDS). The understanding of causes, processes (abrasion, deflation, transport, deposition), and influencing factors of sandy and dusty...

Past discussions about economic efficiency and personal injury torts have focused on the relationship between the optimal amount of care a potential injurer should take for economic efficiency. Typically this discussion has assumed that the economic damages are strictly monetary without any full...