Given the substantial contributions of forest biodiversity and ecosystem services to society,
forest sciences have a large potential to contribute to the integrity and sustainability of our …

Recent studies that incorporate the spatial distributions of biological benefits and economic
costs in conservation planning have shown that limited budgets can achieve substantially …

Forest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides
insights in how models are constructed. Giving suggestions for future developments, and …

The crucial role which natural systems play in underpinning economic activity and human
wellbeing is of growing concern as evidence mounts of the increasing human pressures …

Despite increasing attention to the human dimension of conservation projects, a rigorous,
systematic methodology for planning for ecosystem services has not been developed. This …

A central challenge for natural resource management is developing rigorous yet practical
approaches for balancing the costs and benefits of diverse human uses of ecosystems …

Expanding human population and economic growth have led to large-scale conversion of
natural habitat to human-dominated landscapes with consequent large-scale declines in …

Abstract This article outlines an approach, based on ecosystem services, for assessing the
trade-offs inherent in managing humans embedded in ecological systems. Evaluating these …

This book is organized around a presentation of historical and classic core models that
every serious student or researcher of forest economics must know. These models, along …

A generic framework for setting conservation priorities based on the principles of classic
decision theory is provided. This framework encapsulates the key elements of any problem …