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 | | Roger A. Sedjo | | Senior Fellow and Director, Forest Economics and Policy Program | |
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PROFILE |
Roger 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.
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| Featured Publications | | Forestland Ownership Changes in the United States and Sweden | | Lars Lonnsteadt and Roger Sedjo | | Forest Policy and Economics | Fall 2011 | September 2011 | | | | “Wood as a Major Feedstock for Biofuel Production in the U.S.: Impacts on Forests and International Trade | | Roger Sedjo and Brent Sohngen | | Journal of Sustainable Forests. | July 2012 | forthcoming | | | | “Biomass Sequestration, Energy and Global Change,” | | Roger Sedjo | | International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics | H. Folmer and T. Tietenberg, eds. | Edward Elgar | 2010 | | | | Making the case for new empirical research in wildfire economics and policy | | Carolyn Kousky, Sheila Olmstead, and Roger Sedjo | | Dean Lueck and Karen Bradshaw | Washington, DC: Resources for the Future | 2011 | | | | Forests in Climate Policy: Technical, Institutional and Economic Issues in Measurement and Monitoring | | Molly K. Macauley and Roger A. Sedjo | | Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change | Forthcoming | | | | Far-reaching deleterious impacts of regulations on research and environmental studies of recombinant DNA-modified perennial biofuel crops in the USA | | Strauss, S.H., D..L. Kershen, J.H. Bouton, T.P. Redick, H. Tan, and R. A. Sedjo. | | BioScience | October 2010. | Vol. 60, No. 9. | pp. 729-741. | | | | How do Environmental Regulations Affect Investments in Biofuel and Biofuel R&D: The case of Transgenic Trees | | Roger A. Sedjo | | AgBioForum. | Fall 2010 | forthcoming | | | | Forests, Biodiversity and Avoided Deforestation in Latin America | | Roger A. Sedjo and Juha Siikamaki | | Latin American Development Priorities – Costs and Benefit | Edited by Bjorn Lomborg | NY: Cambridge University Press | 2010 | | | | “Some Limits of Wood Biomass for Cellulosic Biofuels | | Roger A. Sedjo and Brent Sohngen | | Milken Institute Review | Fourth Quarter 2009 | Vol. 11, No. 4. | pps. 51-55. | | | | The Implications for the Timber Sector of US Biofuel Mandates | | Roger Sedjo | | Forest Sector Modeling Conference | College of Forestry, University of Washington, Seattle | University of Washington, Seattle | November 18, 2008 | | | | Carbon Credits for Avoided Deforestation | | Roger A. Sedjo, Brent Sohngen. | | Icfai's Professional Reference Book: Carbon Credits: An Introduction | N.A. | New Delhi: Icfai | 2008 | | | | Sedjo's Comments on 'Global Markets and the Health of America’s Forests: A Forest Service Perspective,' | | Roger A. Sedjo | | Journal of Forestry. | 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 | | | | 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 | | | | 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 | | | | 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 | | | | 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 | | | | View All Related Publications |
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REPORTS | | Forest Measurement and Monitoring: Technical Capacity and “How Good Is Good Enough?” | | Molly K. Macauley, Daniel F. Morris, Roger A. Sedjo, Kate Farley, Brent L. Sohngen | | RFF Report | December 2009 | | | | | Forest Sequestration: Performance in Selected Countries in the Kyoto Period and the Potential Role of Sequestration in Post-Kyoto Agreements | | Masahiro Amano, Roger A. Sedjo | | RFF Report | May 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 | | | | | Toward Commercialization of Genetically Engineered Forests: Economic and Social Considerations | | Roger A. Sedjo | | RFF Report | March 2006 | | | | | 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 | | | | | 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 | | | | | Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Forests | | H.H. Shugart, Brent Sohngen and Roger Sedjo | | Pew Center Program on Global Climate Change | Forthcoming | | | | | Forest Certification: Toward Common Standards | | Carolyn Fischer, Francisco Aguilar, Puja Jawahar, and Roger Sedjo | | Foreign Investment Advisory Service of the World Bank Group | 2005 | | | | | Kenya Forestry: Economic and Financial Viability | | Roger A. Sedjo | | Consultant to the World Band and PROFPR | December 13, 2004 | | | | | Genetically Engineered Trees: Promise and Concerns | | Roger A. Sedjo | | RFF Report | November 2004 | | | | | 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 | | | | | The Forestry Sector: OECD Environmental Outlook | | Roger A. Sedjo | | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) | November 1999 | | | | | The National Forests: For Whom and For What? | | Roger A. Sedjo | | PERC Policy Series | August 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 | | | | | El Niño 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 | | | | | 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 | | | | | 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 | | | | | 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 | | | | | 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 | | | | | Argentina: Carbon and Forests | | Roger A. Sedjo and Eduardo Ley | | The World Bank, Global Environmental Facility | December 4, 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 | | | | | Sustainable Forest Management | | Roger A. Sedjo and Jay Blakeney | | Indonesia Forest Sector Review, World Bank Mission Report | April 1993 | | | | | Sustainable Natural Tropical Forest Management | | Roger A. Sedjo and James Douglas, eds. | | The World Bank, ASTEC | 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 | | | | | Economic Aspects of Management and Conservation of Tropical Forest Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Workshop Report | | Roger A. Sedjo | | Asian Development Bank (ADB) | 1991 | | | | | 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 | | | | | 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 | | | | | 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 | | | | | 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 | | Roger A. Sedjo | | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service | April 1987 | | | | | The Role of Forestry Trade in Economic Development | | Roger A. Sedjo | | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Forestry Department | January 1985 | | | | | U.S.-Japan Trade in Forest Products | | Roger A. Sedjo | | U.S.-Japanese Presidential Advisory Commission | July 1984 | | | | | Sweden's Forest Industry and Forest Plantations of the Tropics and Southern Hemisphere | | Roger A. Sedjo | | University of Umea, Department of Regional Economics | 1982 | | | | | Iron and Steel Scrap | | Roger A. Sedjo, Joseph Gunn, and others | | Metal Scrap Research and Education Foundation | August 23, 1977 | | | | | International Executive Service Corps: An Evaluation | | Roger A. Sedjo, Joseph Gunn and others | | U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | May 27, 1977 | | | | | Methodological Appendix: Trans-Alaska Gas Project Employment Impact Analysis | | Roger A. Sedjo | | El Paso Alaska Company | April 15, 1977 | | | | | Employment Impact of the Trans-Alaska Gas Project | | Roger A. Sedjo, James Fay and others | | El Paso Alaska Company | April 1977 | | | | | Zambia: Country Resource Paper | | Roger A. Sedjo | | U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau of Africa, Office of Eastern and Southern African Affairs | February 1977 | | | | | Industry Report: Sumatra Regional Planning Study, Part B | | Roger A. Sedjo | | Republic of Indonesia, Ministry of Public Works (PUTL), Directorate of Regional and Urban Planning, and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | October 30, 1975 | | | | | Sector Assessment Methodology with Special Reference to Technology Transfer and Income Distribution: The Agricultural Sector | | Roger A. Sedjo | | U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Sector Project and Planning Staff of the Near East South Asia Bureau, Technical Staff (NEAS/TECH) | April 30, 1975 | | | | | Regional Diversification and Korea's Regional Incentive System | | Roger A. Sedjo | | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Robert R. Nathan Associates | September 1974 | | | | | Industrialization for Gwangju's Regional Development: Strategy and Industries | | Roger A. Sedjo | | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Robert R. Nathan Associates | September 1974 | | | | | Gwangju's Regional Development Plan: Analysis and Projections of Sectoral Output, Investment, and Values Added, 1972-1991 | | Roger A. Sedjo | | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Robert R. Nathan Associates, Regional Development Plan for Gwangju, Korea | September 1974 | | | | | Philippine Provincial Government and Rural Development | | Roger A. Sedjo, James Dalton and others | | U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Manila | November 1972 | | | | |
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