Valuing forest ecosystem services: What we know and what we don't

Ecological Economics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-149

  Ninan, K N ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Economic valuation; Forest ecosystem services; Recreation benefits; Soil conservation; Watershed protection

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; VALUATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84879596308     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.05.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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