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How Often Should Native Forests be Logged? A Case Study on the Eden Management Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Stephen Hartley
Stephen Hartley*
Affiliation:
School of Economics, The University of New South Wales
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Abstract

The question of how often to log is examined applying two different methods – one optimizes over time the value of its timber harvested and the other considers the forest as a multi-use resource. The former, applied to data for the Eden area given an optimal rotation period of 25 years, the latter suggests that it is optimal never to harvest pristine native old growth forests.

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Research Article
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , December 1995 , pp. 196 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1995

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