Ecosystem Services from Forests
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2015) | Viewed by 75943
Special Issue Editor
Interests: forest policy; ecosystem services; forest economics; natural resources
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Dear Colleagues,
Forests provide numerous ecosystem services that support economic output and human health and well-being, including carbon sequestration, water yield, water quality protection, recreation, wildlife habitat, and biodiversity. As a society, we are just beginning to appreciate the vital role that forests can play in providing these services, and their vulnerability to climate change, population growth, invasive species, and other disturbances that threaten to fundamentally and catastrophically alter the flow of these forest-based ecosystem services.
Since privately-held forests dominate the landscape, there is a critical need to motivate forest landowners to manage for ecosystem services. From a policy perspective, this translates into creating programs and policies that align landowner and societal goals (e.g., through incentives) and explicitly consider environmental, economic, and social values. In this context, this Special Issue explores several active areas of inquiry and debate surrounding ecosystem services and effective policy- and decision-making, including: quantifying externalities (positive and negative) associated with forests and forest management; assessing and advancing valuation methods; understanding the structures and functions of forested systems and how these affect ecosystem service values; identifying trade-offs between specific ecosystem functions or services, and between end-users of these services; understanding the relative value of these services spatially and temporally; identifying economically and ecologically sustainable forest management strategies; and understanding forest values under changing conditions. Papers that advance our understanding of forest-based ecosystem services and fit within these broad themes are welcome.Dr. Damian C. Adams
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ecosystem services,
- externalities,
- forest management,
- forest policy,
- incentives,
- private forest,
- sustainability,
- socio-ecological,
- tradeoffs,
- value
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