The Economics of Global Forest Investments – Call for Papers
Rafa? Chudy
Sustainable Finance | Forest Economics, Investments and Finance | Responsible Publishing in Forestry
Dear All,
On behalf of Dr Bin Mei (University of Georgia), Prof. Frederick Cubbage (North Carolina State University) and myself, I have a big pleasure to invite you to submit papers to the Special Issue entitled "The Economics of Global Forest Investments" that will be published in the Journal of Forest Economics at the end of 2021.
Aim and Scope:
Although forestry as an asset class has evolved substantially over last thousand years, a large sector of forest and timberland investments have developed over the last three to four decades, which is the focus of this Special Issue.
Despite these massive changes in the global forest sector, business and economic considerations within the timberland investment environment are not well represented in forest sector refereed literature. Therefore, we would like to redress this knowledge gap by highlighting forest investment dynamics as an important influence on forest resource management activities and markets.
History:
The first Special Issue on timberland investments, supply chain and market dynamics stemmed from an International Forest Business Conference held in Poland, in 2018. Between 7-8 December 2020, the second edition of the IFBC will take place and thus we would like to continue the tradition of publishing a special issue that is based on speeches at that conference, as well as from others on similar topics.
What kind of papers we are soliciting?
Topics addressed in this Special Issue include:
- timberland investments,
- forest finance,
- intensively managed plantations,
- risk, uncertainty and decision-making,
- business structures and investment strategy,
- conservation forestry,
- corporate social responsibility,
- portfolio management,
- wood markets,
- wood-product trade and policy,
- policy and law,
- timber prices and forecasts,
- forestry contractors.
Recommended paper length:
3,000 – 3,600 words
Around 7-8 Word default pages (font 12, 1.5 spacing, Times New Roman) incl. graphs, tables and references
Deadline to submit the paper:
July 1, 2021
Find more information on the submission process and the #IFBC2020 HERE.
Stay safe and see you on 7-8 December 2020 online and offline!