Yield and Economics of Thinning Alternatives Applied to Pinus Patula Stands in Puebla, Mexico

Abstract

Economic evaluation of forest management alternatives is essential to determine the most appropriate silvicultural management regimes to follow when managing a stand or a forest. This is particularly true when the forest owner's main goal is to maximize all future net revenues resulting from a forest production process. Such gains can be accounted in terms of utility, satisfaction, or in monetary units. Because some combinations of silvicultural practices applied to a stand may result in better economic gains that common practice forest management, any new management strategy must be evaluated under economic criteria (Solberg, 1991).