The case against environmental taxes for sustainable forestry
- Office of the President, Manila (Philippines)
- Office of the Environment, Manila (Philippines)
A current argument related to causes of deforestation and environmental problems theorizes that the government owner practice of selling timber resources too cheaply creates many of the problems. Recommendations to stop forest depletion included economic rent and/or auctioning harvesting rights. The authors dispute the validity of insufficient taxation analysis on both theoretical and practical grounds. They propose that, under existing tenurial arrangements, increasing levies on timber extraction is more likely to aggrevate than mitigate forest depletion. The article uses a forest that is ecologically suitable for timber production and unsuitable for agriculture, and omits the value of nontimber products, to illustrate their position. Continuity of ownership and associated responsibilities throughout the production cycle are important to the authors presentation.
- OSTI ID:
- 6572687
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Forestry; (United States), Vol. 91:4; ISSN 0022-1201
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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