Why create socioeconomic performance measures?
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Date
2012
Authors
Moseley, Cassandra
Davis, Emily Jane
Medley-Daniel, Michelle
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Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
Abstract
In 2010, USDA Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell stated that “building a forest restoration economy
will create new jobs in rural communities and help diversify the forest products industry to support
the sustainability of local communities.” However, the Forest Service’s performance accountability
system lacks measures of the socioeconomic impacts of restoration. We discuss why these measures
are necessary to help the Forest Service better document the impacts of restoration.
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2 pages