From recreational to income-generating opportunities: assessment of public preferences for non-wood forest products in the Czech Republic

RC Purwestri, M Hochmalová, M Hájek… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
With the alarming increase in dying trees and massive logging in the Czech forests due to
bark beetle infestation, the collection of non-wood forest products, a beneficial recreational …

Comparing individual and collective valuation of ecosystem service tradeoffs: A case study from montane forests in southern California, USA

H Cheng, FJ Escobedo, AS Thomas… - Ecosystem Services, 2024 - Elsevier
Accounting for the tradeoffs and importance urban, disadvantaged communities place on
ecosystem services has implications for the management of nearby forests. Although stated …

The Quantification of Non-Action Costs as an Incentive to Address Water Pollution Problems

Á Bellver-Domingo, L Castellet-Viciano… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diffuse pollution is one type of pollution generated by agricultural, livestock, and urban
runoff that is responsible for surface and groundwater pollution. As a result, the exposed …

A Measurement of Perceptions of the Forest Ecosystem among Visitors to the AL-Sunut Forest Reserve in Khartoum, Sudan

S Yusif, Y Cao, A Eissa, E Elzaki, A Khalil - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The present study aimed to understand visitors' perceptions of the ecosystem service
functions of the AL-Sunut Forest Reserve, as well as their recreational activities. Here, the …

Analyzing Strawberry Preferences: Best–Worst Scaling Methodology and Purchase Styles

A Sparacino, S Ollani, L Baima, M Oliviero, D Borra… - Foods, 2024 - mdpi.com
This research has investigated Italian consumers' preferences for and purchasing behaviors
of strawberries utilizing the Best–Worst Scaling methodology (BWS). This approach enables …

Enhancing the socio-cultural valuation of ecosystem services in Mountain animal production: a case study from piedmont's alpine valley (North-west Italy)

C Costamagna, VM Merlino, D Borra… - Italian Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Italian Alpine region has a long-standing connection between the binary
system of the tourism industry and silvopastoral sectors that offer different economic …

Mapping cultural ecosystem services in mountain forests using mobile phone data

M Ciesielski, A Kamińska - Journal of Mountain Science, 2023 - Springer
The aim of the work was to determine the spatial distribution of activity in the forest on the
area of the Forest Promotional Complex “Sudety Zachodnie” using mobile phone data. The …

The decision trees method to support the choice of economic evaluation procedure: the case of protection forests

S Bruzzese, S Blanc, F Brun - Forest Science, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The adoption of nature-based solutions, such as forests, is playing an increasingly important
role in risk analysis and related decision-making. However, decision-makers struggle to put …

Visits in Forests During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Cross-Border Area of Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany

M Ciesielski, M Tkaczyk - Quaestiones Geographicae, 2023 - sciendo.com
Mobile phone data were used to examine the differences in the number and structure of
visitors to the Forest Promotion Complex Sudety Zachodnie in 2019 (pre-pandemic year) …

[PDF][PDF] A Multicriteria Analysis to Support Natural Resource Governance: The Case of Chestnut Forests. Resources 2023, 12, 40

S Bruzzese, S Blanc, S Novelli, F Brun - 2023 - researchgate.net
Efficient natural resource management prevents and reduces negative impacts, such as
environmental damage, misappropriation of resources, and conflicts; several strategies can …