Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/15
Outputs Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?One Ph.D. student is scheduled to graduate in 2016. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Through conferences, seminars, and refereed publications. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
We have developed a new method for valuing the benefits and costs of environmental services. We have estimated water demand at watershed level and looked into the payments for forest-based ecosystem services.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Zhang, D. 2015. Payments for Forest-Based Environmental Services: A Close Look. Forest Policy and Economics. forthcoming
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Zhang, D. 2015. Contracts for Not Polluting Water: The Case of Vittel. University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics Seminar. Delivered on October 14.
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Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14
Outputs Target Audience: Policy-makers and timberland owners. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Through conferneces and publications. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
Markets and methods of valuing forest ecosystem services were analyzed and presented.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Zhang, D., and A. Stenger. 2014. Value and Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy. DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2014.980852
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Zhang, D. 2014. Payment for Forest Environmental Services through Private and Political Markets. Society of American Foresters Annual Convention. Salt Lake City. October 5-11.
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Progress 01/01/13 to 09/30/13
Outputs Target Audience: Two presentations were made in two international conferences in France. One is on payment for environmental services through political and private markets, and the other is on standing timber insurance. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? This porect allows me to hire one master student for 2.5 years and a post-doc for 1 year. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Yes. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Have the two papers under recview published.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
We have produced three papers and made presentations at international conferences. All papers are published in conference proceedings and two are under review for referred publications.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Zhang, D. 2013. Payments for Environmental Services through Private and Political Markets. INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research). Champenoux, France. May 24.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Zhang, D., and A. Stenger. 2013. Timber Insurance: Perspectives from A Legal Case and A Review of Practices in the World. Workshop of the 3rd World Planted Forest Congress, Boudreaux, France, May 15-17.
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Progress 01/01/12 to 12/31/12
Outputs OUTPUTS: The objective of this project is to value water and other services from forest ecosystems. One paper on water demand has been submitted to American Journal of Water Resources. A paper on valuing forest ecosystem services was presented in an international conference in Finland in September. PARTICIPANTS: Daowei Zhang, Alumni Professor, Auburn University Eric Dooley, MSc student, Auburn University TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts The results show that water demand elasticities are different among various water use sector, and thus, it is more efficient to allocate water using price mechanism. Further, the aggregate forest ecosystem services provided by forest ecosystem services is, at the minimum, $35 billion per year.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/11 to 12/31/11
Outputs OUTPUTS: The objectives of this project is to value water demand in various watershed and ecosystem services from forest ecosystems. Progress has been made on both fronts. As for water demand, we have collected and analyzed water use data by sector (e.g., residential, agricultural, industrial) and produced a preliminary report. As for water ecosystem services, we have produced a concept paper, which will serve as the basis for a proposal to be submitted to a funding agency. PARTICIPANTS: Daowei Zhang, Alumni and George W. Peake Jr. Professor of Forest Economics. Auburn University Gloria Umali-Maceina, Post-doc fellow, Auburn University TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts The preliminary results show that water demand elasticity is different among various water use sector and thus, it is highly possible to allocate water use more efficiently among these sectors using price.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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