This website provides data on global forest resources and timber markets.  The purpose of this data is to help modelers advance understanding about the important role that forests play in the global ecosystem and the effects that markets have on these resources.  The data can be used by modelers interested in incorporating a more explicit representation of forests into their models.  Modelers who may have interest in using the data contained on this page include those who have national or regional forestry models who wish to expand those models to a global scope, agricultural modelers interested in representing the land-use margin between agriculture and forestry more explicitly, energy modelers interested in capturing carbon sequestration in forests or potential for biomass energy, and individuals new to the forestry modeling area interested in getting started.  Individuals interested in seeing how this data has been used in analysis should visit the Forests, Economics and Global Climate Change website.

The data on this website has been compiled and made available with the financial assistance of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Analysis Branch.  Previous research support and data development efforts have been provided by the US Environmental Protection Agency STAR Grant Program at the National Center for Environmental Research and the US Department of Energy Climate Change Research Division in the Office of Biological and Environmental Research.

All information on the site has been compiled by Brent Sohngen (Sohngen.1@osu.edu), and he alone is responsible for any errors or omissions.

What is contained on this site?

Data and Descriptive Information

Acknowledgements/References

Timber Supply Model (the code for the 2000 version of this model will be added in January, 2005)