 | Uncovering the Hidden Harvest: Valuation Methods for Woodland and Forest Resources Subjects: Environment & Agriculture; Environment and Sustainability; Biodiversity & Conservation; Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; Forestry; Forests and woodlands provide an enormous range of goods and services to society, from timber and firewood to medicinal plants, watershed protection, destinations for tourists and sacred sites. Only when these are understood and valued can forests and their resources be properly managed and conserved. This work shows how the complicated network of benefits can be untangled and sets out the different approaches needed to value them. It covers the analysis of plant-based markets, non-market valuation and decision frameworks such as cost-benefit analysis. Bruce Cambell is an ecologist in the Research Division of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia.Martin Luckert is Professor of Forest Economics at the Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta, Canada, and a research associate with CIFOR. |
