Sandi Martin writes in
Southeast Farm Press:
A University of Georgia researcher has found that Georgia’s forestlands
provide essential ecosystem services to the state worth an estimated
$37 billion annually.
This is in addition to the value of timber, forest products and
recreation. This is the first time these indirect benefits of Georgia’s
private forests have been estimated.
That’s substantially more than the $28 billion annually from the
conventional wood-products industry.
What are these ecosystem services?
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Georgia Farm Monitor posts its TV episodes on YouTube, including this one,
Forestry Adds Huge Amount To Georgia’s Economy,
starring
Wesley Langdale of The Langdale Company
and
Chuck Leavell of the Rolling Stones (both tree farmers)
announcing $37 billion economic value of Georgia forest ecology:
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