1. Introduction -- 2. The Environmental Situation in the Former Soviet Union -- 3. Approaches to Economic Analysis of the Environment -- 4. A Shortage-Economy Approach -- 5. Environmental Performance in the Shortage Economy -- 6. The Effect of Changes in Environmental Policy Under Gorbachev -- 7. Central Forestry Policy -- 8. The Timber Procurement Industry in the Soviet Shortage Economy -- 9. The Ineffectiveness of Priority Changes in the Forestry Sector -- 10. Conclusions