Multiple-use forestry vs. forestland-use specialization revisited

作者：Zhang YQ^*

来源：Forest Policy and Economics, 2005, 7(2): 143-156.

DOI：10.1016/S1389-9341(03)00028-5

• multiple use
• forestland-use specialization
• forest zoning
• China
• Canada
• USA
• New Zealand

Based on the comparative advantages of forestland in providing a variety of products and services, it is not arguable that different kinds of forestland should produce different compositions of outputs. To investigate the issue regarding forestland-use specialization or the pursuit of multiple uses on same piece of land, this paper starts by revisiting Vincent and Binkley';s paper `Efficient Multiple-Use Forestry May Require Land-Use Specialization'; (see Land Economics 69 (3):370-376.1 would like to argue that their reasoning may not be entirely correct, but their conclusions may be right for the following reasons: (1) the constraints of input factors (including time), (2) cross-spatial interaction, (3) changes in technology and relative prices and (4) ecological and economic thresholds of production and management. Some evidence related to and trends in forestland-use specialization from New Zealand, the USA, Canada and China are presented. It is suggested that to promote forestland-use specialization, it is necessary to re-allocate research funding, to implement various sustainable forest management criteria and forest ownership reforms, to zone land for priority use, and to promote market development.

• 出版日期2005-2