Long-term sustainability analysis of wood supply in Georgia - Preliminary Approach

Cieszewski C.J., Zasada M., Daniels R.F., Clutter M.L., Borders B.E.

ABSTRACT: Described is an initial state of a new cooperative study at the School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, in analysis of long-term wood supply in Georgia. The answers sought pertain to various questions about sustainability of current wood supply in the context of the available literature, unpublished research on intensive plantation management, growth and yield dynamics, and the reality of political and regulatory conditions. At the current state the analysis is based on basic inventory summaries founded on the databases provided by the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory Analysis unit. Even this simplified preliminary approach to the analysis is far more comprehensive than any previously done work in the region. We present here the preliminary results and identify the directions and resources for futures improvements.

KEYWORDS: Long-term sustainable forest management, maximum allowable cut, intensive forest management

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