FORESTRY ECONOMICS A MANAGERIAL APPROACH

FORESTRY ECONOMICS INTRODUCES STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS OF FORESTRY. THE BOOK ADOPTS THE APPROACH OF MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS TEXTBOOKS AND APPLIES THIS TO THE UNIQUE PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS FACED BY MANAGERS OF FORESTS. WHILE MOST FORESTRY ECONOMICS BOOKS ARE WRITTEN BY ECONOMISTS FOR FUTURE ECONOMISTS, WHAT MANY FUTURE FOREST AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS NEED IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ECONOMIC INFORMATION IS AND HOW TO USE IT TO MAKE BETTER BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. JOHN E. WAGNER DRAWS ON HIS TWENTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TEACHING AND WORKING IN THE FIELD OF FOREST RESOURCE ECONOMICS TO PRESENT STUDENTS WITH AN ACCESSIBLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS FACED BY FOREST AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS. THERE ARE THREE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS BOOK THE FIRST IS ITS ORGANIZATION. THE MATERIAL IS ORGANIZED AROUND TWO COMMON ECONOMIC MODELS USED IN FOREST AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING. THE