Economic impact of air pollution on timber markets: Studies from North America and Europe. Forest Service general technical report
The impact of air pollution on forest health has in recent years become an issue of major public concern. This is true despite the fact that irrefutable cause-and-effect relationships have in most instances been quite difficult to establish. The purpose of the report is to assist government officials and other concerned parties by contributing to a better understanding of the economics of forest damage from air pollution. The papers presented here were written by seven economists who have studied the forestry air pollution situation and its relationship to timber markets. The first paper explains the economic linkages among fossil fuel consumption, air pollution externalities, and losses in timber markets. The five papers that follow are concerned with the actual estimation of damages across selected large geographic areas. One study deals with the Southeastern United States; three are national studies from Finland, the U.S., and Canada; and one is concerned with the entire European continent. Yet, while each of the studies is concerned with estimating damage within a large geographic area, the methods of analysis are diverse.
- Research Organization:
- Forest Service, Asheville, NC (United States). Southeastern Forest Experiment Station
- OSTI ID:
- 7279733
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-188556/XAB; FSGTR-SE-75
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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