Risk, reward, and payments for ecosystem services: A portfolio approach to ecosystem services and forestland investment

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Matthies, Brent D ^a   Kalliokoski, Tuomo ^a   Ekholm, Tommi ^b   Hoen, Hans Fredrik ^c   Valsta, Lauri T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forestland; Investment; Modern portfolio theory; Payment for ecosystem services; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941623651     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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