Roger A. Sedjo
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Roger Sedjo's 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 US 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 US 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.
Education
- PhD in economics, University of Washington, 1969
- MA in economics, University of Illinois, 1963
- BA in economics, University of Illinois, 1961
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Media Highlight — May 31, 2016
Congress Confirms Biomass Should Help Fight Climate Change
Congress Confirms Biomass Should Help Fight Climate Change
Media Highlight — Jan 11, 2016
Federal Control of Western Land: Two Perspectives
Federal Control of Western Land: Two Perspectives
Media Highlight — Sep 15, 2015
SAB Biomass CO2 Panel Faces Criticism Over Plan To Back Economic Model
SAB Biomass CO2 Panel Faces Criticism Over Plan To Back Economic Model
Working Paper — Aug 8, 2015
The Effects of a Federal Tax Reform on the US Timber Sector
The Effects of a Federal Tax Reform on the US Timber Sector
Working Paper — Aug 8, 2015
The Effects of a Federal Tax Reform on the US Timber Sector
The Effects of a Federal Tax Reform on the US Timber Sector
Working Paper — Nov 4, 2013
Wood Bioenergy and Land Use: A Challenge to the Searchinger Hypothesis
Wood Bioenergy and Land Use: A Challenge to the Searchinger Hypothesis
Working Paper — Apr 25, 2013
Comparative Life Cycle Assessments: Carbon Neutrality and Wood Biomass Energy
Comparative Life Cycle Assessments: Carbon Neutrality and Wood Biomass Energy
Journal Article — Aug 15, 2011
Forestland Ownership Changes in the United States and Sweden
Forestland Ownership Changes in the United States and Sweden
Workshop — May 28, 2014
Natural Resources, Ecology, and Public Policy: Time for Some Unconventional Ideas
Natural Resources, Ecology, and Public Policy: Time for Some Unconventional Ideas
Workshop — Jan 29, 2014
Considering the Contributions of Forests in the Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Considering the Contributions of Forests in the Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Workshop — Oct 3, 2012
The Next Decade in Forest Health and Policy: A Role for Biotechnology?
The Next Decade in Forest Health and Policy: A Role for Biotechnology?
Workshop — Mar 1, 2012
How Carbon Neutral is Bioenergy?
How Carbon Neutral is Bioenergy?
Media Highlight — May 31, 2016
Congress Confirms Biomass Should Help Fight Climate Change
Congress Confirms Biomass Should Help Fight Climate Change
Media Highlight — Jan 11, 2016
Federal Control of Western Land: Two Perspectives
Federal Control of Western Land: Two Perspectives
Media Highlight — Sep 15, 2015
SAB Biomass CO2 Panel Faces Criticism Over Plan To Back Economic Model
SAB Biomass CO2 Panel Faces Criticism Over Plan To Back Economic Model
Media Highlight — Apr 17, 2015
The Big Coffee Table Book of Doom!
The Big Coffee Table Book of Doom!