research on renewable resources is 
now, as in the past, carried on by 
public research agencies and publicly 
supported educational institutions (fig. 
51). 
Over time, markets change and have 
the effect cf redefining opportunities. 
’ 
3 
4 
| 
3 
3 
: 
a 
5 
3 
a 
= 
= 
= 
3 
4 
i 
S88 S - BABA S 
For example, higher prices will signal 
private landowners to invest more in 
renewable resources. To be effective, 
public and private activities that 
attempt to influence markets in order to 
capture opportunities will have to be 
sensitive to changes in markets. 
Figure 51—Most of the research on renewable resources is now, as in the past. carried on by public 
research agencies and publicly supported educational institutions. 
Nn 
f 
Implications of the 
Assessment for Resource 
Management 
The numerous opportunities to expand 
renewable resource supplies have 
implications for both public and private 
programs and activities that affect 
resource management. This section of 
the Assessment presents a general 
discussion of these implications 
without reference to laws, regulations, 
and policies that define responsibilities 
for action. The implications for Forest 
Service programs will be developed in 
the 1990 RPA Program. In general, 
identification of an opportunity also 
defines an implication for resource 
management. Thus, the implications of 
the Assessment for resource 
management derive from the 
opportunities that have been identified. 
Renewable resources can be managed 
in any number of ways so as to change 
the demand-supply outlook in ways 
that benefit society. Some management 
practices yield quick results, and some 
take years or even decades to achieve 
the desired change in the outlook. The 
reason that the Assessment projections 
are long term—S0 years—is to 
determine the circumstances for market 
equilibriums likely to evolve from a 
continuation of trends in resource 
management and use. These 
circumstances may then have 
implications for the 1990 RPA 
Recommended Program. 
We project that future demands for 
some renewable resource products may 
be above the levels that would be 
supplied with projected management, 
research, and assistance investments. 
As in the past, demands will equal 
supplies in the future, however. This 
implies that for situations where 
demands are projected to exceed 
supplies, mechanisms will develop for 
equilibrating demands and supplies. 
For example, in the case of timber, it 
will mean higher prices; for water, it 
may mean changes in land use; and for 
