The study of ecosystem services enables the understanding of the services that ecosystems
provide at the landscape level by explaining the relationship between natural capital …

The concept of ecosystem services is becoming increasingly influential in environmental
research and policy–reshaping human–environment interactions. In this paper, we trace the …

Forests are specifically relevant for biodiversity and provide a wide range of ecosystem
services. However, Europe's forests and their services are threatened. Temperate, boreal …

The planting of forests has been met with both scepticism and support in international forest
policy and management fora. Discussions regarding the values of plantations for extrinsic …

The REDDplus mechanism currently negotiated under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has developed rapidly but not as expected …

The contribution of single landscape features for supply of cultural ecosystem services
(CES) is well researched. However, only few studies do exist that identified the role of both …

It is well known that both built and natural landscape features contribute to recreational
values of forests. Insights on visual preferences and visitor behaviour are used to meet …

Forest policy and management are subject to various and often conflicting demands, which
internationally have led to distinct policy responses and related management paradigms …

The objectives of this review article are, firstly, to provide an overview of the literature on the
main characteristics of what is referred to as the international forest regime and secondly …

There is a new trend in international forest policy science. Over the past decade the term
“discourse” has entered the field. Discourse analytical approaches and methods have …