Forest ecosystem services – assessment methods
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“forest Ecosystem Services:
1. Forests (natural but also human-made or modified) are among the most important providers of ecosystem services for the whole world. 2. Based on scientific evidence, it is certain that: (a) Ecosystem services are essential to the survival of human beings. (b) Forest ecosystems operate and provide services on such a grand scale and in such intricate and little-explored ways that most cannot ef...
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عنوان ژورنال: Folia Forestalia Polonica
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2199-5907,0071-6677
DOI: 10.2478/ffp-2018-0026