2026-27 Learning Exchange Series—The Evolving Policy Landscape for the Forest Products Sector
October 14, 2026 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Zoom (Online)
Title
The Evolving Policy Landscape for the Forest Products Sector
Speaker
- David N. Wear, Senior Fellow
- David Wear is a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future conducting research into various aspects of natural resource economics and forest policy. Prior to his arrival at RFF in 2019, he spent more than thirty years with US Forest Service Research and Development, most recently as a researcher, research project leader, and leader of national and regional resource assessments. His work has been recognized with national awards from the US Secretary of Agriculture, Chief of the US Forest Service, and Society of American Foresters. Wear’s research focuses on linking economic choice and biophysical elements of natural resource systems to project resource conditions and illuminate policy options. He has written extensively on forest economics, forest carbon dynamics at broad scales, timber supply, the effects of risk on forest investments, and land use. He has led or participated in interdisciplinary initiatives to understand the influence of land use and forest management on a variety of ecosystem services including biological diversity and water. As a federal scientist, he led or contributed to several national and regional natural resource assessments including the Southern Forest Resource Assessment, Southern Forest Futures Project, and National Climate Assessment.
Description
US forest sector policy issues have evolved substantially, even over the most recent decade. I survey these changes and provide a synopsis of current challenges for the sector with a focus on wildfire mitigation policies and the EU’s deforestation regulation.
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