Economic Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Services Losses: Cost of Policy Inaction
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Forest Land Conversion, Ecosystem Services, and Economic Issues for Policy: A Review
Smail, Robert A.; Lewis, David J. 2009. Forest-land conversion, ecosystem services, and economic issues for policy: a review. PNW-GTR-797. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 40 p. The continued conversion and development of forest land pose a serious threat to the ecosystem services derived from forested landscapes. We argue that de...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental and Resource Economics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0924-6460,1573-1502
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9478-6