Forest Management and Biodiversity in Size-Structured Forests Under Climate Change

Renan Goetz, Carme Cañizares (), Joan Pujol () and Angels Xabadia
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Carme Cañizares: University of Girona
Joan Pujol: University of Girona

A chapter in Dynamic Optimization in Environmental Economics, 2014, pp 265-286 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Climate change is threatening biodiversity conservation at a global scale, urging the need for action in order to prevent current and future losses. In forestry, the consideration of some stand features such as requiring a certain volume of deadwood and/or large trees as a part of the management regime may help to preserve and enhance biodiversity. However, it is likely to lead to a decrease in the benefits obtained from timber sales. This chapter presents a bioeconomic model that allows the optimal selective logging regime of a size-distributed forest to be determined, while taking climate change and biodiversity into account. It analyzes to what extent structural targets related to biodiversity affect the optimal forest management regime and the profitability of forests. For this purpose, an empirical analysis under various climate change scenarios is conducted for two diameter-distributed stands of Pinus sylvestris in Catalonia. The results show that the costs of biodiversity conservation in terms of reduced profitability can be significant, and augment with climate change.

Keywords: Biodiversity Conservation; Forest Owner; Coarse Woody Debris; Management Regime; Saproxylic Beetle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54086-8_12

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