Early forest valuation studies let many people to believe these methods would produce results that convinced policymakers of the economic value of forests. More recent studies suggest the only environmental service that forests provide with high economic value is carbon sequestration. Thus one is...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[The role of forests in addressing global problems: what economic valuation methods won't tell us]
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The role of forests in addressing global problems: what economic valuation methods won't tell us
In the last few years, forests have lost their previous prominence on the international agenda. The forestry and conservation community needs to work hard to change that because forests can contribute greatly to meeting the challenges of poverty, disease, access to clean water, biodiversity conse...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[From Rio to Johannesburg and beyond: forest conservation and rural livelihoods in the global South]
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From Rio to Johannesburg and beyond: forest conservation and rural livelihoods in the global South
Approximately 25 millon people live in the main forested regions of Latin America. The forestry sector there directly provides two or three million jobs and perhaps another three or four million people work in related activities. Many poor households use fuelwood, hunt wild animals, and benefit f...