Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Economic modeling of effects of climate change on the forest sector and mitigation options: a compendium of briefing papers

Author: Alig, Ralph J.

Date: 2010

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-833. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 169 p.

Station ID: GTR-PNW-833

Description: This report is a compilation of six briefing papers based on literature reviews and syntheses, prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service policy analysts and decisionmakers about specific questions pertaining to climate change. The main topics addressed here are economic effects on the forest sector at the national and global scales, costs of forest carbon sequestration as part of mitigation strategies, and mitigation aspects for nonindustrial private and public forest ownerships in the U.S. forest sector. Salient findings from the literature are summarized in the synthesis of the literature, along with identified research needs.

Keywords: Climate change, costs of forest carbon sequestration, nonindustrial private forests

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Alig, Ralph J.  2010.  Economic modeling of effects of climate change on the forest sector and mitigation options: a compendium of briefing papers.   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-833. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 169 p..