How timber harvesting and biodiversity are managed in uneven-aged forests

Max M. Bruciamacchie (1) , Serge S. Garcia (1) , Anne Stenger (1)

1 LEF - Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière

This paper investigates the joint production of timber and biodiversity by non-industrial private forest owners using a micro-econometric household production model. The objective is to explain the relationships between harvesting, timber price and the diversity of tree species. A two-step estimation procedure is implemented by fi rst estimating the diversity demand equation and then thetimber supply equation in which the predicted value of diversity is a regressor. From a database of uneven-aged forests in France, we use cluster-sample econometric methods for an error component structure allowing for a multi-species framework. Results show that timber and species diversity are substitutes and that timber price positively a ffects diversity.

Keywords: household production; jointness; timber; biodiversity; cluster sample

Domains: Agricultural sciences

Max M. Bruciamacchie, Serge S. Garcia, Anne Stenger. How timber harvesting and biodiversity are managed in uneven-aged forests: a cluster-sample econometric approach. Sustainable Forest management, InTech, pp.307-320, 2012, 978-953-51-0621-0. ⟨10.5772/30005⟩. ⟨hal-00939588⟩