Valuing forest ecosystem services: Case study of a forest reserve in Japan

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-87

  Ninan, K N ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Forest ecosystem services; Japan; Oku Aizu forest reserve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884594477     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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