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Beyond Sound
Beyond Sound is for anyone who wants to build a career in the exciting world of music technology. The book describes education programs, gives practial guidance on career preparation, and offers plans for career paths. It includes interviews with professionals, giving readers a rare insider glimpse inside this industry.
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State-Level Forestry Cost-Share Programs and Economic Impact of Increased Timber Outputs: A South Carolina Case Study
Management of family forests in the United States has been long-influenced by public policies and programs that encourage active management on these private lands, especially afforestation of idle lands and reforestation of cut-over lands. Financial incentive programs to encourage family forest reforestation date back to the 1940s, and in the beginning were funded by the federal government. Beginning in the early 1970s, state governments, especially those with strong forestry-based economies, saw a need to offer their own incentives, primarily cost-share programs to increase forest productivity. These programs are considered to be successful, but little research addresses the value and increased timber supply that result from the state investment. Here, we use historical data from the South Carolina Forest Renewal Program (FRP), one of the oldest and well-established state forestry cost-share programs, to determine the incremental timber outputs generated. Marginal analysis was used to produce financial comparison between regeneration options that include cost-share and those that do not. Annual funding for the FRP is currently $1,000,000 and in the long-run five dollars of economic impact is created for each dollar invested, and over a half million tons of additional wood is added to the annual timber supply.
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Decision support systems for forest management: A financial analysis for South Carolina's state forests
Decision support systems (DSS), also known as forest resource information systems, focus on providing forest managers information to make better decisions. DSS in forestry organizations have evolved from the integration of geographic information systems and database management systems with common forestry applications. These types of systems are becoming widely used within forestry organizations as the planning and documentation of activities become ever more critical due to forest certification activities and increased public scrutiny. While methods to define the cost of these types of technologies are relatively straightforward, defining the benefits associated with system implementation is more difficult. A benefit/cost analysis of a DSS for South Carolina's state forests is presented. This analysis derives the majority of the benefits from improvements in business process, not the effects of individual applications or functions. Process alternatives currently available to forest managers and the benefits and cost of these alternatives are identified. While results presented apply specifically to South Carolina's state forests system, the alternatives and methodology have broad implications to medium and large forest landowners.
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