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Small-scale Non-industrial Private Forest Ownership in the United States: Rationale and Implications for Forest Management
| Author: |
Yaoqi Zhang, Daowei Zhang and John Schelhas |
| Date: |
2005 |
| Periodical: |
Silva Fennita 39(3) Review Article |
| Link: |
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_zhang004.pdf
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| Abstract: |
This study conducted jointly by researchers from the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station, Auburn University, and Tuskegee University focuses on "problems" identified for small-scale non-industrial private forests (NIPF) because of accelerating parcelization (the reduction in size of forestland ownerships). Land ownership has many social-economic and environmental implications and forest ownership is complex and varies in different regions in the United States. An important segment of forests is owned by types of landowners who have diverse characteristics and objectives. Researchers argue that the number of small NIPF owners have increased because: 1) a large amount of forestland is no longer used for non-timber forest products and environmental services, 2) owning forestland is more efficient for them because it saves transaction costs involved in getting non-timber products from the market, 3) forestland parcelization takes place when non-timber value increases faster than timber value, and 4) non-timber product value is diminishing faster than that for timber production.
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