EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE TROPICAL FORESTS

Southgate, Douglas

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.270713

EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE TROPICAL FORESTS

Developed in this paper is an optimal control model of the benefits and costs of using tropical forests as a natural repository of species and folk knowledge. It serves as a framework for assessing how market and tenurial incentives influence both deforestation and the collection of ethnobiological information.

Subject(s):

Agricultural and Food Policy
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management

Issue Date:

Jul 30 1989

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.270713

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/270713

Language:

English