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How demand-side incentive policies drive the diffusion of forest wellness tourism products: An agent-based modeling analysis 需求侧激励政策如何推动森林健康旅游产品的扩散：基于主体的模型分析

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103496

Ying Li, Yuxin Liu, Wenlong Wang

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Enhancing employment through log export ban: Insights from wood-processing firms in developing countries 通过原木出口禁令促进就业：来自发展中国家木材加工企业的见解

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103491

Sébastien Marchand , Mouhamed Zerbo

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Mapping actors' interests and protected area management outcomes in the Campo Ma’an landscape of Cameroon 绘制喀麦隆坎波马安地区行为者的利益和保护区管理成果

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103493

Harry Wirngo Mairomi , Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi

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Wood-based textile innovations in the Finnish media: A critical discourse analysis 芬兰媒体中的木质纺织创新：批判性话语分析

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103492

Venla Wallius , Annukka Näyhä

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Modeling willingness to continue participation in payments for ecosystem services programs: A case of China's second phase of the grain for green program in indigenous communities 模拟继续参与生态系统服务付费项目的意愿：中国原住民社区 "绿色粮食计划 "第二阶段的案例

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103489

Lingling Qiu , Shashi Kant , Weizhong Zeng

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Feasibility of woodland expansion for carbon offsetting in Scotland revisited 重新审视苏格兰林地扩张以抵消碳的可行性

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103481

Paola Ovando , Marie Castellazzi , Andrea Baggio-Compagnucci , Richard J. Hewitt , Alessandro Gimona

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Equity in unilateral value chain policies: A monitoring framework for the EUDR and beyond 单边价值链政策中的公平：EUDR及以后的监测框架

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103469

Constance L. McDermott , Thomas Addoah , Tawiah Agyarko-Kwarteng , Rebecca Asare , Alex Assanvo , Mairon Bastos Lima , Helen Bellfield , Amanda Berlan , Sophia Carodenuto , Toby Gardner , Rachael D. Garrett , Caitlin Hafferty , Mark Hirons , Verina Ingram , Eric Mensah Kumeh , Joss Lyons-White , John Mason , Patrick Meyfroidt , Jasper Montana , Gustavo L.T. de Oliveira , Georg Winkel

{"title":"Equity in unilateral value chain policies: A monitoring framework for the EUDR and beyond","authors":"Constance L. McDermott , Thomas Addoah , Tawiah Agyarko-Kwarteng , Rebecca Asare , Alex Assanvo , Mairon Bastos Lima , Helen Bellfield , Amanda Berlan , Sophia Carodenuto , Toby Gardner , Rachael D. Garrett , Caitlin Hafferty , Mark Hirons , Verina Ingram , Eric Mensah Kumeh , Joss Lyons-White , John Mason , Patrick Meyfroidt , Jasper Montana , Gustavo L.T. de Oliveira , Georg Winkel","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103469","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103469","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Unilateral value chain policies have recently emerged as a key strategy of international land use governance. They're part of a broader trend towards trade-based environmental policies, from corporate due diligence to sustainability certification and trade moratoria, that has been critiqued for reinforcing inequities in global trade. Such critique has been heightened by the current rise of unilateralism, whereby states impose environmental rules on imported commodities. Debates have ensued over the political legitimacy of unilateralism, the unequal distribution of its socio-economic impacts, and the need to safeguard local producers and communities.</div><div>This paper informs these debates by developing and applying a framework for monitoring equity across scales and phases of the policy process. The framework is applied to the 2023 EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR), which aims to stop EU imports of commodities linked to deforestation. We find that EUDR policy references equity as a desired outcome, but excludes affected actors from the design process. Drawing on the case of cocoa in Ghana, we identify diverse potential impacts on smallholder farmers and economies. Opportunities for the EUDR to improve equity include embedding non-EU stakeholders in international decision-making processes, enhanced and equitable partnerships with producing countries and major investments in farmer support. The paper concludes by providing an equity checklist and agenda for monitoring progress, adaptable to a wide range of unilateral and trade-based policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 103469"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143807295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Actor-centered power and forest governance: Can a conceptual framework help us understand the conflict in managing national parks in Vietnam? 以行动者为中心的权力与森林治理：一个概念框架能否帮助我们理解越南国家公园管理中的冲突？

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103482

Nhinh Thi Do , Thorkil Casse , Ta Viet Ton

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Revisiting the gendered division of labour in Swedish forestry: What has changed the last decade? 重新审视瑞典林业的性别分工：过去十年发生了什么变化？

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103477

Andersson Elias , Johansson Maria

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Optimizing Douglas-fir management in the U.S. Pacific northwest: Integrating timber prices, thinning strategies, and harvest age decisions 优化美国西北太平洋地区的花旗松管理：整合木材价格、疏伐策略和采伐年龄决策

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103490

Andres Susaeta

{"title":"Optimizing Douglas-fir management in the U.S. Pacific northwest: Integrating timber prices, thinning strategies, and harvest age decisions","authors":"Andres Susaeta","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103490","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103490","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, an optimal control model is developed to simultaneously determine the optimal thinning paths and harvest ages for Douglas-fir stands in the U.S Pacific Northwest, considering various thinning strategies, stochastic timber prices, and productivity conditions. The analysis generally indicates that a maximum of two thinnings is optimal for Douglas-fir across all productivity levels and price processes. Incorporating thinnings under stochastic timber prices results in significantly higher land values compared to unthinned Douglas-fir stands. For instance, with a fixed thinning rate, land values increase by 25.1 % ($330.8/acre) and 59.7 % ($1375.9/acre) under independent and identically distributed (<em>iid</em>) prices for low and high productivity levels, respectively. When thinning intensities are determined endogenously, land values rise by 108.1 % ($1426.8/acre) and 91.2 % ($2102.8/acre) with first-order autoregressive prices. The first-order autoregressive price process generally results in higher land values compared to the iid process. Both timber price models yield the same number of thinnings at the same ages; however, the thinning intensity is lower under the first-order autoregressive model when thinning rates are endogenously determined.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 103490"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143800521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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