[PDF] A Guide To Forestry Project Analysis eBook

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Forestry Department. Policy and Planning Service
Publisher : Bernan Press(PA)
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789251009550

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Investment oriteria for agricultural and rural development projects. Economic impact of foresthy projects. Economic analysis of watershed projects. Discounting proceduers for project apprasais.

Author : A. Ghebremichael
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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This guide has been prepared to assist forest managers and planners in the use of economic analysis techniques. It uses simplified analytical methods, hands-on exercises, and two case studies to provide a working understanding of the principles and techniques of financial and economic analyses. Topics covered include: the unique characteristics of timber production; the time value of money and cash flows; different series of cash flows (present and future values); decision criteria such as payback period, rate of return, net present value, cost-benefit ratio, equivalent annual income, and annual rent; applications of criteria to single stand level decisions and to forest-wide decisions; special topics, including recent developments in discounting theory; and accounting for perspectives from private enterprise, the public sector, and society as a whole. The appendix contains two case studies on jack pine thinning and regeneration.

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Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Forest canopies
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The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, conducts a national inventory of forests across the United States. A systematic subset of permanent inventory plots in 38 States is currently sampled every year for numerous forest health indicators. One of these indicators, crown-condition classification, is designed to estimate tree crown dimensions and assess the impact of crown stressors. The indicator features eight tree-level field measurements in addition to variables traditionally measured in conjunction with FIA inventories: vigor class, uncompacted live crown ratio, crown light exposure, crown position, crown density, crown dieback, foliage transparency, and crown diameter. Indicators of crown health derived from the crown data are intended for analyses at the State, regional, and national levels, and contribute to the core tabular output in standard FIA reports. Crown-condition measurements were originally implemented as part of the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) Program in 1990. Except for crown diameter, these measurements were continued when the FIA Program assumed responsibility for FHM plot-based detection monitoring in 2000. This report describes in detail the data collection and analytical techniques recommended for crown-condition classification.