RESEARCH GROUP
Forest Economics
Updated: June 2025
Group members
Related research projects
- Gender equality and climate resilience of West African cacao-dependent households
- francisco.aguilar@slu.se
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- Climate off-farm rippled impacts on wellbeing and behavioral resilience: cocoa value-added chains in West Africa
- Forest owners’ cognition and behaviors underpinning Swedish forest biodiversity
Related research topics
Forest economics studies the management of forests with the aim of achieving the greatest sustainable benefits to society. Forests produce a multitude of benefits ranging from extractive (e.g. timber) and non-extractive (e.g. recreation, carbon sequestration) uses to non-use values.
Forest economists take into consideration tangible and intangible consequences of forest resource management, including conservation, to compare different outcomes. By examining trade-offs in outcomes, including impacts to landowners, industry, and society as a whole, forest economics helps guide land management, resource utilization and public policy.
