Biography
Sedjo is a senior fellow and the director of RFF's forest economics and policy program. His research interests include forests and global environmental problems; climate change and biodiversity; public lands issues; long-term sustainability of forests; industrial forestry and demand; timber supply modeling; international forestry; global forest trade; forest biotechnology; and land use change. He has written or edited 14 books related to forestry and natural resources.
Sedjo has served on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Committee of Scientists and has cochaired the committee of authors who wrote the chapter on biological sinks for the International Panel on Climate Change's Third Assessment Report on climate change mitigation through forestry and other land use measures.
Sedjo also has been a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and other international organizations in more than a dozen countries, including Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, New Zealand, Russia, Romania, Estonia, and Thailand.
Ph.D. in economics, University of Washington, 1969.
M.A. in economics, University of Illinois, 1963.
B.A. in economics, University of Illinois, 1961.
Professional Experience
Director, Resources for the Future, Forest Economics and Policy Program, 1977 - present.
Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Energy and Natural Resources Division, Forest Economics and Policy Program, 1977 - present.
President, Environmental Literacy Council, August 1999 - present.
Visiting Scientist, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, Rome, April-July 2005
Fulbright Visiting Professorship at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, August November 2003.
Elected Fellow of the Society of American Foresters of Outstanding Service to Forestry and to the Society, 2003.
Recipient of the Julian Simon Fellowship 2000, Awarded by the Political Economy Research Center..
Visiting Scholar, University of Umea, Sweden, June l98l.
Tenured Associate Professor of Economics, Utah State University, September 1973 - June 1976.
Program Economist, U.S. Agency for International Development, Asia Bureau, 1972 - August 1973.
Economist, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1970 - 1972.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Utah State University, 1968 - 1970.
Journal Articles
"Sedjo's Comments on 'Global Markets and the Health of Americas Forests: A Forest Service Perspective,'" Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry. | forthcoming
An Overview of Changes in the Provision of Forest Ecosystem Services Through Forest Land Markets in the U.S. Roger A. Sedjo Management and Environmental Quality | October 2007 | vol. 18 issue 6 | forthcoming
An Overview of Changes in the Provision of Forest Ecosystem Services Through Forest Land Markets in the U.S. Roger A. Sedjo Management and Environmental Quality | October 2007. | Vol. 18 issue 6.
Exchange rates and the competitiveness of the United States timber sector in a global economy Adam J. Daigneault, Brent Sohngen, and Roger Sedjo Forest Policy and Economics | Spring 07 | forthcoming
Returning Forest analyzed with the forest identity Pekka E. Kauppi, Jesse H. Ausubel, Jingyun Fang, Alexander Mather, Roger A. Sedjo, and Paul E. Waggoner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 14, . | Fall 2006 | Vol. 103, no.46 | pp.17574-17579
Comparative views of different stumpage pricing systems: Canada and the U.S.
Roger A.
Sedjo Forest Science | 52 (4)
Comparative Views of Different Stumpage Pricing Systems: Canada and the United States Roger A. Sedjo Forest Science, | July/August 2006 | Vol. 52, No. 4 | pp. 446-450.
Review of the book GENETIC AND PRODUCTION INNOVATIONS IN FIELD CROP TECHNOLOGY, by Manjit S. Kang Roger A. Sedjo The Quarterly Review of Biology | forthcoming
Will the Developing Countries be the Early Adopters of Genetically Engineered Forests Roger A. Sedjo AgBioForum | Vol. 8, No.4. | pp 1-19.
Valuing Biodiversity for Use in Pharmaceutical Research R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo and John W. Reid Journal of Political Economy | Winter 1996 | vol. 104, no. 1 | pp. 163 - 185
Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Product Markets: Implications for North American Producers Brent Sohngen and Roger Sedjo Forestry Chronicle | September/October 2005 | forthcoming
Global Agreements and U.S. Forestry: Genetically Modified Trees Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | April/May 2005 | Vol. 103, No. 3
The Kyoto Protocol with a Focus on Sinks M. Amano, S. Yamagata, and R. Sedjo Journal of Forest Research | Forthcoming
A Global Model of Climate Change Impacts on Timber Markets B. Sohngen, R. Mendelsohn, and R. Sedjo Journal of Agricultural and Resources Economics | Forthcoming
The Future of the Forest Service: Some Scenarios Roger A. Sedjo Proceedings of the Centennial Forum | November 19, 2004 | forthcoming presented to the Centennial Forum, Graytowers National Historical Landmark
Carbon Sequestration Costs in Global Forests Brent Sohngen and Roger Sedjo The Energy Journal | forthcoming
Comment on Bioprospects Less Than Golden David Simpson and Roger A. Sedjo Nature | August 12, 2004 | Vol. 430, No. 7001 | pp. 723-725
What are the Impacts of Global Warming on the U.S. Forests, Regions, and the U.S. Timber Industry? Roger A. Sedjo and Brent Sohngen Penn State Environmental Law Review | 2004 | Vol. 12, No. 1 Presented by Sedjo to the 2nd Goddard Forum Global Warming: Causes, Effects and Mitigation Strategies for States and Localities, April 17-18, 2002
Economics of Forestry Management, Multiple Use, and Sustainability F. Schmithuesen, V.A. Sample, Roger A. Sedjo, and D.C. Le Master Journal of Sustainable Forestry | forthcoming
Inter-trading Permanent Emissions Credits and Rented Temporary Carbon Emissions Offsets: Some Issues and Alternatives Roger A. Sedjo amd Gregg Marland Climate Policy | December 2003 | Vol. 3, No. 4 | pp. 435-444
Biotech and Planted Trees: Some Economic and Regulatory Issues Roger Sedjo AgBioForum | 2003 | Vol. 6, No. 3 | pp. 29-35
Voluntary Eco-Labeling and the Price Premium Roger A. Sedjo and S.K. Swallow Land Economics | May 2002 | Vol. 87, No. 2 | pp. 272-284
In This Age of Intensive Management? A Study of Loblolly Pine on Georgia's Piedmont. Runsheng Yin and Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | December 2001 | Vol. 99, No. 12 | pp. 10-17
From Multiple-Use to All-for Me Roger A. Sedjo Environmental Forum | May/June 2001 | Vol. 18, No. 3 | p. 66
The Role of Sinks Roger A. Sedjo Oxford Energy Forum | May 2001 | Issue 45 | pp. 15-16
The Role of Forest Plantations in the World's Future Timber Supply Roger A. Sedjo Forest Chronicle | March/April 2001 | Vol. 77, No. 2 | pp. 221-226
Accounting for Sequestered Carbon: The Question of Permanence Gregg Marland, Kristy Fruit, and Roger Sedjo Environment Science and Policy | 2001 | Vol. 4, No. 6 | pp. 259-268
Can Tropical Forest Management be Economic? Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Business Administration | Vol. 20 Reprinted in
Eco-Labeling Consequences in a General Equilibrium Framework: A Graphical Assessment Steve Swallow and Roger A. Sedjo Land Economics | February 2000 | Vol. 78, No. 1 | pp. 28-36
Does the Forest Service Have a Future? Roger A. Sedjo Regulation | 2000 | Vol. 23, No. 1 | pp. 51-55
Potential Carbon Flux From Timber Harvests and Management on the Context of a Global Carbon Flux Brent Sohngen and Roger Sedjo Climatic Change | 2000 | Vol. 44 | pp. 151-172
From Foraging to Cropping: The Transition to Plantation Forestry, and Implications for Wood Supply and Demand Roger A. Sedjo Unasylva | January 2000 | No. 204
Mission Impossible Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | May 1999 | Vol. 97, No. 5
Sustaining the People's Lands: Recommendations for Stewardship of the National Forests and Grassland into the Next Century Committee of Scientists, with K. Norman Johnson, Chairman, and others Journal of Forestry | May 1999 | Vol. 97, No. 5
Forest Management, Conservation, and Global Timber Markets B. Sohngen, R. Mendelsohn, and Roger A. Sedjo American Journal of Agricultural Economics | 1999 | Vol. 81, No. 1
Potential of High-Yield Plantation Forestry for Meeting Timber Needs Roger A. Sedjo New Forests | 1999 | Vol. 17 | pp. 1-3 Reprinted in
How Serious are the Damages Associated with Global Warming? Roger A. Sedjo Environment and Development Economics | July 1998 | Vol. 3, Pt. 2 | pp. 398-401
A Comparison of Timber Market Models: Static Simulation and Optimal Control Approaches Brent Sohngen and Roger Sedjo Forest Science | February 1998
Using Forest Plantations to Spare Natural Forests Roger Sedjo and Daniel Botkin Environment | December 1997 | No. 10 | pp. 15-20, 30
The Economics of Forest-Based Biomass Supply Roger A. Sedjo Energy Policy | May 1997 | Vol. 25, No. 6
Toward an Operational Approach to Public Lands Ecosystem Management Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | August 1996 | Vol. 94, No. 8 | pp. 24-27
Paying for the Conservation of Endangered Ecosystems: A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Approaches R. David Simpson and Roger A. Sedjo Environment and Development Economics | May 1996 | Vol. 1, Part 2 | pp. 241-257 Related Discussion Paper No. 95-20
Sustainability in Forest Management: An Evolving Concept Roger Sedjo and Alaric Sample International Advances in Economic Research | May 1996 | Vol. 2, No. 2 | pp. 165-173
Valuing Biodiversity for Use in Pharmaceutical Research R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo and John W. Reid Journal of Political Economy | February 1996 | Vol. 104 | pp. 163-185
The Economics of Managing Carbon via Forestry: An Assessment of Existing Studies Roger Sedjo, Joe Wisniewski, V. Alaric Sample, and John D. Kinsman Environment and Resource Economics | September 1995 | Vol. 6, No. 2 | pp. 139-165
Local Logging, Global Effects Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | July 1995 | Vol. 93, No. 7 | pp. 25-28
The Global Environmental Effects of Reductions in Local Logging in Western North America Roger A. Sedjo Western Journal of Forestry | April 1995 | Vol. 10, No. 2
Commercialization of Indigenous Genetic Resources R. David Simpson and Roger A. Sedjo Contemporary Economic Policy | October 1994 | Vol. 12 | pp. 34-44
Managing Tropical Forests: A Reply William Hyde and Roger Sedjo Land Economics | August 1993 | Vol. 69, No. 3
The Carbon Cycle and Global Forest Ecosystems Roger A. Sedjo Water, Air, and Soil Pollution | 1993 | Special Issue
Impacts and Responses to Climate Change in Forests of the MINK Region Michael D. Bowes and Roger A. Sedjo Climatic Change | June 1993 | Vol. 24 | pp. 63-82 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 1993.
The MINK Methodology: Background and Baseline Roger A. Sedjo and N. Rosenberg et al. Climatic Change | June 1993 | Vol. 24 | pp. 7-22
Global Consequences of American Environmental Policies Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | April 1993
Managing Tropical Forests: Reflections on the Rent Distribution Discussion William F. Hyde and Roger Sedjo Land Economics | August 1992
Forest Ecosystems in the Global Carbon Cycle Roger A. Sedjo Ambio | June 1992 | Vol. 21, No. 4 | pp. 274-277
Property Rights, Genetic Resources, and Biotechnological Change Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Law and Economics | April 1992 | Vol. 35, No. 1
Exploiting National Returns to Log Exports Roger Sedjo, A. Clark Wiseman and Kenneth Lyon Journal of Forestry | April 1992
The Competition for Wood Fiber: A Global Overview Roger A. Sedjo World Forestry Research | March 1992 (In Chinese)
Can Tropical Forest Management be Economic? Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Business Administration | 1992 | Vol. 20 Reprinted in
Comparative Advantage in Timber Supply: Lessons from History and the Timber Supply Model Roger A. Sedjo and K. Lyon Journal of Business Administration | 1992 | Vol. 20 Reprinted in
Economic Aspects of "Climate, Forests, and Fire: A North American Perspective Roger A. Sedjo Environment International | 1991 | Vol. 17, Nos. 2/3
The Global Carbon Cycle: Are Forests the Missing Sink? Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | October 1990
Economic Wood Supply: Choices for Canada's Forest Industry Roger A. Sedjo The Forestry Chronicle | February 1990 | Vol. 66, No. 1
Forests to Offset the Greenhouse Effect Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | July 1989 | Vol. 87, No. 7 | pp. 12-16
Forests: A Tool to Moderate Global Warming? Roger A. Sedjo Environment | January/February 1989 | Vol. 31, No. 1 | pp. 14-20
An Optimal Control Model for Timber Resource Utilization in Southeast Asia Roger A. Sedjo, K. Lyon and B. Adiwiyoto Natural Resource Modeling | Summer 1987 | pp. 58-81
Binary-Search SPOC: An Optimal Control Theory Revision of ECHO Roger A. Sedjo and K. Lyon Forest Science | November 1986
Lowering Japanese Trade Barriers Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | November 1986
Tropical Deforestation and Species Extinctions: An Emerging Consensus? Roger A. Sedjo and Marion Clawson Futures | October 1986
Incentives and Tariff Barriers Related to Forest Products Trade Roger A. Sedjo Journal of World Forest Resource Management | 1986 | Vol. 2, No. 2
An Outsider's View of Canadian Forestry Roger A. Sedjo Forest Planning Canada | 1986 | Vol. 2, No. 6 | pp. 5-7
Have Controls Reduced Log Exports in the Pacific Northwest? Roger A. Sedjo and A.C. Wiseman Journal of Forestry | November 1985 | pp. 680-682
Can the U.S. Expand Forest Products Exports to Japan? Roger A. Sedjo Forest Industries | May 1985 | pp. 36-37
An Economic Assessment of International Forest Plantations Roger A. Sedjo Forest Ecology and Management | December 1984
U.S.-Japanese Solidwood Products Trade Roger A. Sedjo Columbia Journal of World Business | June 1984
An Optimal Control Theory Model to Estimate the Regional Long-Term Supply of Timber Roger A. Sedjo and Kenneth Lyon Forest Science | December 1983 | pp. 798-812
Long-Term Forest Resources Trade, Global Timber Supply and Intertemporal Comparative Advantage Roger A. Sedjo and Kenneth Lyon American Journal of Agricultural Economics | December 1983 | pp. 1010-1016
Tropical Deforestation: How Serious? Roger A. Sedjo and Marion Clawson Journal of Forestry | December 1983 | pp. 792-794
The Effectiveness of An Export Restriction on Logs Roger A. Sedjo and Clark Wiseman American Journal of Agricultural Economics | February 1983
The Housing Recession, The Forest Products Industry and International Markets Roger A. Sedjo Resources Evaluation Journal | Fall 1982
Log Export Restrictions: Some Findings Roger A. Sedjo and A. Clark Wiseman Journal of Forestry | December 1980
Forest Plantations in Brazil and Their Possible Effects on World Pulp Markets Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Forestry | November 1980
Regional Policy and It's Impact Upon Incentives for Regional Industrialization Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Korean Affairs | October 1976 | pp. 42-128
Korean Historical Experience and the Labor Surplus Model Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Developing Areas | January 1976 | pp. 213-222
Price Trends, Economic Growth, and the Canadian Balance of Trade: A Three Country Model Roger A. Sedjo Journal of Political Economy | May/June 1971 | pp. 596-613
Books, Chapters, and Reports
Land Use: Forest, Agriculture, and Biodiversity Competition Roger A. Sedjo and R. David Simpson Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 3: Agricultural Development: Farmers, Farm Production and Farm Markets, Editors: | Robert E. Evenson and Prabhu Pingali. | : Elsevier B.V. | 2007
Regulation of Biotechnology for Forestry Products Roger A. Sedjo Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy | R.E. Just, J.M. Alston, and D. Zilberman | New York: Springer | 2006
Valuing Biodiversity for Pharmaceutical Research (Reprint) R. David Simpson, Roger Sedjo and J. Reid Environmental Economics: Critical Concepts | Charles Mason and Erwin Bulte | UK: Routledge | 2007 Reprinted from Journal of Political Economy, February 1996
Regulation of Biotechnology for Forest Products Roger A. Sedjo Regulating Agriculture Biotechnology: Economics and Policy | Richard E. Just, Julian M. Alston, David Zilberman | USA: Springer | 2006
"Options and Measures to Reduce Atmospheric CO2," Chapter 4 Contributing author with Erik Haites, et al. State of the Carbon Cycle Review (SOCCR), Accepted,
| : National Academy of Science level effort sponsored by several federal government agencies, including NOAA, NASA, USGS, and DOE. | 2006
"Forest Sequestration: Performance in Selected Countries in the Kyoto Period and its Potential Roles in Post Kyoto Agreements"
Masahiro Amano and Roger A. Sedjo Waseda University, Tokyo. Funded by the Global Environment Research Fund of the Japanese Ministry of Environment. | March 23, 2006
The Establishment of Large-scale Reserves in Temperate and Boreal Forests: Some Experiences of the US and Prospects for Finland. Roger A. Sedjo Forestry and Environmental Change: Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions | edited by J.L. Innes, G.M.Hickey and H.F. Hoen | Wallingford, UK: IUFRO Research Series, CABI, 2005. | 2005
Regulation of Biotechnology for Forestry Products Roger A. Sedjo Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies | R.E. Just, J. Alston, and D. Zilberman | Netherlands: Kluwer | 2006
Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies
Roger A. Sedjo The Netherlands: Kluwer | 2006
The establishment of large-scale reserves in temperate and boreal forests: some experiences of the USA and prospects for Finland
J.L. Innes, G.M. Hickey. and H.F. Hoen, editors New York: CABI Publishing | 2005 Chapter 10 pp. 183-193
Regulation of Biotechnology for Forestry Products Roger A. Sedjo Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies | Richard E. Just, Julian Alston and David Zilberman | New York: Springer | 2005
The Establishment of Large-Scale Reserves in Temperate and Boreal Forests: Some Experiences of the USA and Prospects for Finland Roger A. Sedjo Forestry and Envirnmental Change: Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions | J.L. Innes, G.M. Hickey and H.F. Hoen, editors | New York: CABI Publishing | 2005
Regulation of Biotechnology for Forestry Products Roger A. Sedjo Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies | R.E. Just, J. Alston, D. Zilberman, editors | Netherlands: Kluwer | 2006
Tree Biotechnology: Regulation and International Trade Roger A. Sedjo International Trade and Policies for Genetically Modified Products | R. E. Evenson and V. Santaniello, editors | Wallington, UK: CABI Publishing, CAB International | 2006
Economic Issues in Ecosystem Approaches to Forest Management Roger Sedjo, Josh Bishop and Jeffrey A. Sayer Forests in Landscapes: Ecosystem Approaches to Sustainability | Jeffrey A. Sayer and Steward Maginnis | London: Earthscan | 2005
The Value of Forest Carbon Roger A. Sedjo Valuing Mediterranean Forests: Towards Total Economic Value | Maurizio Merlo and Lelia Croitiru, editors | Rome: CABI Publishing | 2005
The Effects of Macroeconomics on Forest Sustainability in the Developing World Roger A. Sedjo Sustainable Forest Management & Ecosystem Approaches: Responding to the Challenge | Jeff Sayer, editor | : IUCN | forthcoming paper in the forthcoming book
Trade in Wood Products Roger A. Sedjo Encyclopedia of Forest Science | Robert L. Youngs, John Youngquist, Julian Evans and Jeff Burley eds. | London, U.K.: Academic Press | Forthcoming
Potential for Biotechnology: Application in Plantation Forestry Roger A. Sedjo Plantation Forests Biotechnology for the 21st Century | Walter Christian and Michael Carlson, eds. | Rotorua, New Zealand: Forest Research | Forthcoming
The Establishment of Large-scale Reserves in Temperate and Boreal Forests: Some Experiences of the US and Prospects for Finland
Roger A. Sedjo IUFRO Task Forest | Forthcoming (Published in Report 8, titled "The Socio-economic Implications of Environmental Change with Particular Relevance to Forestry," H.F. Hoen and J.L. Innes, eds.)
Forest and Global Climate Change: Potential Impacts on U.S. Forests Resources
Herman Shugart, Roger Sedjo and Brent Sohngen Pew Center Program on Global Climate Change | Forthcoming
Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Forests
H.H. Shugart, Brent Sohngen and Roger Sedjo Pew Center Program on Global Climate Change | Forthcoming
Wood Use and Trade: International Trade in Wood Products Roger A. Sedjo Encyclopedia of Forest Science | Robert L. Youngs, John Youngquist, Julian Evans, and Jeff Burley, editors | : Elsevier Ltd. | 2005
Potential for Biotechnology: Application in Plantation Forestry 2004
Roger A. Sedjo Plantation Forests Biotechnology for the 21st Century: 2004 | Walter Christian and Michael Carlson, editors | Kerala, India: Research Signpost | 2004 ISBN: 81-7736-228-3
Potential for Biotechnology Applications in Plantation Forestry
Roger A. Sedjo Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century: 2004 | edited by Walter Christian and Michael Carlson | Kerala, India: Research Signpost, ISBN: 81-7736-228-3. | 2004
Kenya Forestry: Economic and Financial Viability
Roger A. Sedjo Consultant to the World Band and PROFPR | December 13, 2004
Tree Biotechnology: Regulation and International Trade Roger A. Sedjo International Trade and Policies for Genetically Modified Products | R.E. Evenson and V. Santaniello, editors | Wallington, UK: CABI Publishing, CAB International | forthcoming
Sustainable Forestry in a World of Specialization and Trace Roger A. Sedjo Sustainability, Institutions, and Natural Resources: Institutions for Sustainable Forest Management | S. Kant and R.A. Berry, Editors | The Netherlands: Springer | 2004
Social, Legal and Regulatory Issues Related to Transgenic Trees Roger A. Sedjo Forest Biotechnology Task Forest State of Knowledge Report | International Union of Forest Research Organixations (IUFRO) | : | forthcoming Chapter 10
Streamlining Forest Service Planning Roger A. Sedjo New Approaches on Energy and the Environment: Policy Advice for the President | Richard D. Morgenstern and Paul R. Portney, eds. | RFF Press | 2004 | Chapter 18
A Systematic Examination of the Implementation and Outcomes of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. Sections 7701 et seq) as Related to the Commercialization of Transgenic Trees for the Production of Timber and Industrial Wood
Roger A. Sedjo Mellon Fellowship Report in Environmental Regulatory Implementations | August 31, 2004
Land Use Roger A. Sedjo and David Simpson Handbook of Agricultural Economics: Agricultural Development: Farmers, Farm Production and Farm Markets, Vol 3A | Robert E. Evenson, Prabhu Pingali, and T. Paul Schultz, editors | : Elsevier | 2005 Chapter 17
Valuing Biodiversity for Pharmaceutical Research (Chapter 21) R. David Simpson, Roger Sedjo, and J. Reid Recent Development in Environmental Economics | Michael Hoel, editor | Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited | 2004 Also printed in Journal of Political Economy (February 1996);
reprinted in Economics of Forestry (2003), edited by Roger Sedjo, Ashgate Publishing.
Potential for Biotechnology: Application in Plantation Forestry Roger A. Sedjo Plantation Forests Biotechnology for the 21st Century | Walter Christian and Michael Carlson, editors | : Research Signpost | 2004 ISBN: 81-7736-228-3
Challenges to Sustainable Forestry: Management and Economics Roger A. Sedjo Forest Futures | Joe Bowersox III and Karen Abeese, editors | New York: Rowman & Littlefield | 2004
Biotechnology and Global Wood Supply Roger A. Sedjo The Bioengineered Forest
Challenges for Science and Society | Steven H. Strauss and H.D. Bradshaw, eds. | RFF Press | 2004 | Chapter 3
The 1998 Ice Storms: Results from a Survey of Households in Eastern Canada and Northeast US P. Jagger, B. White, and Roger A. Sedjo Task 29: Proceedings fo the Workshop, Socio-Economic Drivers in Implementing Bioenergy Projects: Education and Promotion | V. Segon and J. Domac, editors | : IEA Bioenergy | 2003 pp. 79-91
The Forestry Sector: OECD Environmental Outlook
Roger A. Sedjo Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) | November 1999
Economics of Forestry
Roger A. Sedjo, ed. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing Limited | October 2002 (Part of the "International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy" series.)
Voluntary eco-labeling and the price premium."
Roger A. Sedjo and Stephen Swallow Labeling Strategies in Environmental Policy | Mario Teisi, editor. | UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited. | 2007 Reprinted as a chapter in Labelling Strategies, Mario Teisi editor, The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy, Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Biotechnology for Planted Forests: An Assessment of Biological, Economic and Environmental Possibilities and Limitations Roger A. Sedjo The Economics of Managing Biotechnologies | Tim Swanson, ed. | Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Environmental Sciences, Biosciences Unit | Forthcoming
Deforestation C. Oliver, R. Sedjo, and M. Boydak Encyclopedia on Global Change | Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press | Forthcoming
Wood Materials Used As a Means to Reduce Greenhouse Gases (GHG): An Examination of Wooden Utility Poles Roger A. Sedjo Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change | Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers | Forthcoming
The National Forests: For Whom and For What?
Roger A. Sedjo PERC Policy Series | August 2001
Forests and Climate Change R. Sedjo and B. Sohngen Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology | Michael A. Toman, ed. | RFF Press | 2001 | Chapter 7
Carbon Sinks in the Post Kyoto World R. Sedjo, B. Sohngen and P. Jagger Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology | Michael A. Toman, ed. | RFF Press | 2001
Technical and Economic Potential of Options to Enhance, Maintain and Manage Biological Carbon Reservoirs and Geo-engineering
Pekka Kauppi, Roger Sedjo, et al. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | 2001
Forest Set-Asides and Carbon Sequestration B. Sohngen and R. Sedjo World Forests, Markets, and Policies. World Forests, Volume III. | M. Palo, J. Uusivuori and G. Mery, eds. | Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers | 2001 | Chapter 4
El Niņo and the Eastern Forests of North America
Roger A. Sedjo, Nancy Bergeron, Chetan Agarwall, Pamela Jagger and William White National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | 2000
Biodiversity: Forests, Property Rights and Economic Value Roger A. Sedjo Conserving Nature's Diversity | Casey van Kooten, E.H. Bulte and A.E.R. Sinclair, eds. | Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing Limited | 2000
Land Use Change and Innovation in U.S. Forestry Roger A. Sedjo Productivity in Natural Resource Industries | R. David Simpson, ed. | RFF Press | 1999 | pp. 141-174
Carbon Sequestration By Forestry - Effects of Timber Markets
Roger Sedjo and Brent Sohngen IEA Greenhouse Gas R & D Programme | June 1999
Sustaining the People's Lands: Recommendations for Stewardship of the National Forests and Grasslands into the Next Century
Roger A. Sedjo The Secretary of Agricultural by the Committee of Scientists (Norm Johnson, Chair) | March 15, 1999
Ecosystem Management: An Uncharted Path for Public Forests Roger A. Sedjo The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resource Management | Wallace E. Oates, ed. | RFF Press | 1999 | pp. 149-154
The Global Environmental Effects of Local Logging Cutbacks Roger A. Sedjo The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resource Management | Wallace E. Oates, ed. | RFF Press | 1999 | pp. 155-160
Preserving Biodiversity as a Resource Roger A. Sedjo The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resource Management | Wallace E. Oates, ed. | RFF Press | 1999 | pp. 171-176
Contracts for Transferring Rights to Indigenous Genetic Resources R. David Simpson and Roger A. Sedjo The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resource Management | Wallace E. Oates, ed. | RFF Press | 1999 | pp. 183-190
Tropical Deforestation: Issues and Policies G.C. van Kooten, Roger A. Sedjo and E. Bulte International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 1999-2000: A Survey of Current Issues, Volume 3 | T. Teitenburg and H. Folmer, eds. | Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd. | 1999
Tropical Deforestation Roger A. Sedjo Handbook of Weather, Climate and Water | New York, NY: McGraw-Hill | 1999
Valuing Biodiversity Use in Pharmaceutical Research R.D. Simpson, R. Sedjo and J. Reid Environmental Analysis and Economic Policy: Environmental Valuations | Kenneth G. Willis, Kenneth J. Button and Peter Nijkamp, eds. | Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd. | 1999
Economic Interactions at Local, Regional, National and International Scales Roger A. Sedjo, Toweill, and Wagner Ecological Stewardship: A Common Reference for Ecosystem Management | W.T. Sexton, A.J. Malk, R.C. Szaro and N.C. Johnson, eds. | Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science Publishers | 1999
Ecological Costs of the Kaeng Sua Ten Water Resources Development Project
Suthawan Sathirathai, Isra Sarntisat, Anuchart Poungsamalee, Roger A. Sedjo, and R. David Simpson National Energy Policy Office of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok | 1999
The Value of Genetic Resources for Use in Agricultural Improvement R. David Simpson and Roger A. Sedjo Agricultural Values of Plant Genetic Resources | Robert Evenson, Douglas Gollin and Vittorio Santaniello, eds. | Wallingford, U.K.: CAB International | 1998 | Chapter 3
Protection of Global Biodiversity: Converging Strategies R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo, and John W. Reid Scales, Polycentricity and Incentives: Designing Complexity to Govern Complexity | Lakshman Guruswamy and Jeffrey McNeely, eds. | Durham, NC: Duke University Press | 1998
Economics of Carbon Sequestration in Forestry: An Overview R. Neil Sampson and Roger A. Sedjo Economics of Carbon Sequestration in Forestry | Roger Sedjo, Neil Sampson and Joe Wisniewski, eds. | Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, Inc. | December 29, 1997
Introduction to the Economics of Forestry: A Review Roger A. Sedjo Economics of Forestry | Roger A. Sedjo, ed. | Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing Limited | Forthcoming
Economics of Carbon Sequestration in Forestry
Roger A. Sedjo, R. Neil Sampson, and Joe Wisniewski, eds. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers | 1997
The Role of Human Adaptation in Ameliorating the Impact of Climate Change on Global Timber Markets Brent Sohngen, Robert Mendelsohn, Roger Sedjo and Kenneth Lyon Climate Change Mitigation and European Land Use Policies | Neil Adger, Davide Pettenella and Martin Whitby, eds. | Wallingford, U.K.: CAB International | 1997
Carbon and Tree Plantations: A Case Study in Argentina Eduardo Ley and Roger Sedjo The Economics of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration | Roger A. Sedjo et al., eds. | Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, Inc. | 1997
Carbon Policy: Some Conceptual Issues Eduardo Ley and Roger Sedjo The Economics of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration | Roger A. Sedjo et al., eds. | Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, Inc. | 1997
Local Timber Production and Global Trade: The Environmental Implications of Forestry Trade Roger A. Sedjo Forestry, Economics and the Environment | W.L. Adamowicz, P.C. Boxall, M.K. Luckert, W.E. Phillips and W.A. White, eds. | Wallingford, U.K.: CAB International | 1997
The Potential Role of Large-Scale Forestry Projects in Argentina Roger Sedjo and Eduardo Ley Climate Change Mitigation and European Land Use Policies | Neil Adger, Davide Pettenella and Martin Whitby, eds. | Wallingford, U.K.: CAB International | 1997
Managing Terrestrial Carbon Balances Via Forestry: Economic Considerations R. Neil Sampson and Roger A. Sedjo The Economics of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration | R. Neil Sampson et al., eds. | Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press | 1997
Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change, "A Generic Assessment of Response Policies."
Roger A. Sedjo with C. Jepma and others Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | 1996 [Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Contribution of Working Group III, Cambridge, MA, Chapter 7, pp. 225-262.]
Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analysis, "Management of Forests for Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions."
Roger Sedjo and Sandra Brown with others Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | 1996 [Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Contribution of Working Group II, Cambridge, MA, Chapter 24, pp. 773-798.]
The Economics of Increased Carbon Storage Through Plantation and Forest Management Roger A. Sedjo Forest Ecosystems, Forest Management and the Global Carbon Cycle | M. Apps and D. Price, eds. | Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag | 1996
Human Dimensions of the Forest-Carbon Issue Roger Sedjo, Peter Duinker, and others Forest Ecosystems, Forest Management and the Global Carbon Cycle | M. Apps and D. Price, eds. | Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag | 1996
Global Forests Revisited Roger Sedjo and Marion Clawson The State of Humanity | Julian Simon, ed. | Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers | 1996
Argentina: Carbon and Forests
Roger A. Sedjo and Eduardo Ley The World Bank, Global Environmental Facility | December 4, 1995
Forests: Conflicting Signals Roger A. Sedjo The True State of the Planet | Ron Bailey, ed. | : Free Press | 1995
Property Rights, Externalities and Biodiversity Roger A. Sedjo and R. David Simpson The Economics and Ecology of Biodiversity Decline | Timothy Swanson, ed. | Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press | 1995 | Chapter 7 (Also presented in abridged form at the Cambridge Symposium on Forces Driving Biodiversity, Kings College, Cambridge University, July 18-20, 1993.)
Property Rights, Contracting and the Commercialization of Biodiversity Roger A. Sedjo and R. David Simpson Wildlife in the Marketplace | Terry L. Anderson and P. J. Hill, eds. | Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield | 1995
Contracting for Genetic Resources
Roger A. Sedjo and R. David Simpson Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Environmental Directorate | November 4, 1994
Potential Environmental and Other External Consequences of the Program to Increase the Area in Plantation Forests in Argentina
Roger A. Sedjo, Pierre Crosson, and others The Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganadaria y Pesca, Gobierno de Argentina | April 1994
Commercial Forestry and Rural Development Roger A. Sedjo Forest Resources and Wood-based Biomass Energy as Rural Development Assets | William R. Bentley and Marcia M. Gower, eds. | New Delhi, India: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. | 1994
Valuing Biodiversity: An Application of "Green Accounting" R. David Simpson and Roger A. Sedjo Assigning Economic Value to Natural Resources | Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press | 1994
Sustainable Forest Management
Roger A. Sedjo and Jay Blakeney Indonesia Forest Sector Review, World Bank Mission Report | April 1993
State of Art Modeling of Forest Ecosystem Productivity for Ecosystem Sustainability and Diversity Ken Lyon and Roger Sedjo Modeling Sustainable Forest Ecosystems | Washington, D.C.: American Forests | 1993
Forest Ecosystem and Global Carbon Roger A. Sedjo 1993 Yearbook of Science and Technology | New York, NY: McGraw-Hill | 1993
The Carbon Cycle and Global Forest Ecosystems Roger A. Sedjo Terrestrial Biospheric Carbon Fluxes: Quantification of Sinks and Sources of CO2 | Joe Wisniewski and R. Neil Sampson, eds. | Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers | 1993
Boreal Forests and Tundra Roger A. Sedjo with M.J. Apps and others Terrestrial Biosphere Carbon Fluxes | Joe Wisniewski and R. Neil Sampson, eds. | Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers | 1993 | pp. 39-54
Modeling Sustainable Forest Ecosystems, Edited Proceedings
Dennis C. LeMaster and Roger A. Sedjo, eds. Washington, D.C.: American Forests Press | 1992
Constraints on Timber Supply--The Political Factor Roger A. Sedjo Wood Product Demand and the Environment | Madison, WI: Forest Products Research Society | 1992
Climate Change and Forestry in the US Midwest Roger A. Sedjo and Michael Bowes Economic Issues in Global Climate Change | John M. Reilly and Margot Anderson, eds. | San Francisco, CA: Westview Press | 1992
Sustainable Natural Tropical Forest Management
Roger A. Sedjo and James Douglas, eds. The World Bank, ASTEC | 1992
Preserving Biodiversity as a Resource Roger A. Sedjo Global Development and the Environment | Joel Darmstadter, ed. | RFF Press | 1992
Implications of a Tradeable Obligations Approach to International Forest Protection
Roger A. Sedjo U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | December 31, 1991 (revised February 10, 1992)
Report III - Forest Resources
Roger A. Sedjo U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | August 1991
Market Instruments and Sink Enhancement in a Global Warming Context
Roger A. Sedjo Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Environmental Directorate | May 1991
Forest Resources: Resilient and Serviceable Roger A. Sedjo America's Renewable Resources | K. Frederick and R. Sedjo, eds. | RFF Press | 1991 | Chapter 4
Natural Resources in Agriculture: Trends and Issues Kenneth D. Frederick, Roger A. Sedjo, and Pierre R. Crosson Social Science Agricultural Agendas and Strategies | G. Johnson and J. Bonnen, eds. | East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press | 1991
Economic Aspects of Management and Conservation of Tropical Forest Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Workshop Report
Roger A. Sedjo Asian Development Bank (ADB) | 1991 (Also presented at Jakarta, Indonesia, December 16, 1991 as part of the ADB Report T.A. No. 1430- IND.)
Forest Protection, Monitoring, and Enforcement in the Philippines
Roger A. Sedjo The World Bank, ASIA Agriculture | June 1990
The Pricing of Natural Resources for Sustainable Development
Roger A. Sedjo Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Environmental Directorate | May 1990
The Expanding Role of Plantation Forests in the Pacific Basin Roger A. Sedjo Prospects for Australian Forest Plantations | J. Dargavel and Noel Semple, eds. | Canberra, Australia: Australian National University, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies | 1990
Climate and Forests
Roger A. Sedjo and Allen Solomon U.S. Senate, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry | April 1989
Policy Options for Adaptation to Climate Change
Roger A. Sedjo United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) | 1989 (Also published as Chapter 7 of "The Full Range of Responses to Anticipated Climate Change," and as a DOE funded Discussion Paper ENR89-05.)
Climate and Forests Roger Sedjo and Allen Solomon Greenhouse Warming: Abatement and Adaptation | Norman J. Rosenberg, William E. Easterling III, Pierre R. Crosson and Joel Darmstadter, eds. | RFF Press | 1989 | Chapter 8, pp. 105-119
Policy Options for Adaptation to Climate Change Roger A. Sedjo The Full Range of Responses to Anticipated Climate Change | Norman J. Rosenberg et al. | RFF Press | 1989 | Chapter 7 (Published in "The Full Range of Responses to Anticipated Climate Change." Also prepared as a report for the United Nations Environmental Programme, and as a DOE funded Discussion Paper ENR89-05.)
International Competitiveness, Community Stability, and Adapting to a Rapidly Changing Global Environment Roger A. Sedjo Community Stability in Forest Based Economies | Dennis LeMaster and John Beuter, eds. | Portland, OR: Timber Press | 1989
Forest Resource Management and the Environment: The Role of Economic Incentives Roger A. Sedjo Renewable Natural Resources: Economic Incentives for Improved Management | Paris, France: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | 1989
Native Forests, Secondary Species, Plantation Forests and the Sustainability of Indonesia's Forest Industry
Roger A. Sedjo FAO Project INS/83/019 | September 7, 1988
Local Communities, Global Perspectives: The Spatial Scale of Forest Policy Implications Roger A. Sedjo Forest Policy: Ready for Renaissance | J.M. Calhoun, ed. | Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press | 1998
Property Rights and the Protection of Plant Genetic Resources Roger A. Sedjo Seeds and Sovereignty: The Use and Control of Plant Genetic Resources | J.R. Kloppenburg Jr., ed. | Durham, NC: Duke University Press | 1988 | Chapter 13 (Also published as RFF Reprint 242)
Incentives and Distortions in Indonesia's Forest Policy
Roger A. Sedjo The World Bank, ASTEN, Environmental Division | October 1987
General Technical Report RM-10, "An Evaluation of Forest Planning"
