Anthropogenic decline of ecosystem services threatens the integrity of the unique Hyrcanian (Caspian) forests in Northern Iran

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Zarandian, Ardavan ^a   Baral, Himlal ^b   Yavari, Ahmad R ^a   Jafari, Hamid R ^a   Stork, Nigel E ^c   Ling, Matthew A ^d   Amirnejad, Hamid ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c Griffith School of Environment   (Australia)

^d UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; GIS; Household survey; Land cover; Rapid Assessment: participatory approaches; Value judgment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURVEYS; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; LAND COVER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; VALUE JUDGMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FORESTRY POLICY; GIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MIXED FOREST; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING;

IRAN;

EID: 84963957164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7030051     Document Type: Article

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