Lecture Notes on Resource and Environmental Economics by Anthony C. Fisher

Author:Anthony C. Fisher
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030489588
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

2.Intermediate uses

Intermediate uses maintain some of the benefits of preserving forests while providing other economic benefits. Examples include agroforestry (crops planted among trees), selective harvesting of trees, and small-scale shifting cultivation. All can be sustainable.

3.Commercial forestry

Commercial forestry is usually the first step in conversion of a tropical forest, but likely unsustainable. The soil is poor, with most of the nutrients stored in the vegetation and lost when trees are cut. Further, invasion of hardy grasses can out-compete early successional tree species, and even during the period of timber cropping the monoculture provides little of the original forest’s ecosystem functions or related benefits.

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