Impacts of the European Renewable Energy Policy on Forest Resource Markets in the Southeastern United States: A Case of the Wood Pellet Industry
Speaker(s): Rajan Parajuli, North Carolina State University
Description: We employ quasi-experimental causal inference approaches to assess the impacts of the growing wood pellet production on forest resource markets in 39 wood basins in the southeastern United States. The findings suggest that the wood pellet industry has limited impacts on the pulpwood markets in the region.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Assessment of Factors Driving Spatiotemporal Variation in Timber Products Output (TPO) Trends
Speaker(s): Olakunle Sodiya, North Carolina State University
Description: Using a simultaneous equation approach, we estimate the supply and demand models of total large roundwood production of softwood to determine whether the observed changes in production trends after 2017 are attributable to actual market-driven events, changes in mill capacity, or changes in the TPO survey methodology.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Forest Management Incentives and Landowner Behavior: A Synthesis to Inform Discussions on Policies for Carbon
Speaker(s): Tamara Cushing, University of Florida and Stephanie Chizmar, US Forest Service
Description: Understanding landowner perceptions of incentive programs and how use of incentives impact landowner behavior may provide decisionmakers with essential information related to designing new programs for forest carbon. This study includes a review of the literature on forest incentive programs and landowner behavior, including incentives for carbon.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125