Year: 1986
Type: article
Abstract: The cost of rehabilitating the accumulated backlog of unsatisfactorily stocked forest lands in British Columbia is calculated for each site class and type in each region. These estimates suggest that, at 1983 silvicultural costs, it would require almost $1.3 billion to reforest all the existing backlog, or $570 million to reforest only the good and medium sites.These cost estimates, supplemented with data relating to forest growth on various land categories, enable calculation of the cost of producing timber by rehabilitating unreforested land. This reveals a very wide range of costs, depending on site quality and region.It provides a framework for establishing economic priorities for silvicultural effort.The analysis demonstrates that the benefits generated with the limited budget available for forest rehabilitation can be substantially enhanced if funds are allocated according to economic priorities rather than by non-economic criteria.
Source: The Forestry Chronicle
DOI: 10.5558/tfc62522-6
Authors: Peter H. Pearse, Andrea J. Lang, Kevin L. Todd
Language: English
Topic: Forest Management and Policy
Subfield: Forestry
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: University of British Columbia
OpenAlex ID: W2049994555