The project "Use of National Forest Inventories to downscale European forest diversity spatial information in five test areas, covering different geo-physical and geo-botanical conditions", referred also as "forest downscaling" (JRC contract 382340 F1SC) covers one of the seven topics that have...

The present study was developed in the context of Regulation (EC) 2152/2003 on the monitoring of forest and environmental interactions, the so-called "Forest Focus" Regulation. The specific objectives of this study on "Climate change impact and carbon sequestration in European forests" were: -...

The 2008 State of the Forest report benefited from financial support from the European Union, France, Germany and the United States, as well as the ECOFAC Program and UNESCO. It represents the collaborative effort of over 100 individuals from a diversity of institutions and the forestry...

Статья посвящена анализу действующей системы платежей за пользование лесными ресурсами в России. Дана характеристика содержания, структуры и особенностей...

В статье поднимаются актуальные вопросы управления лесами как экологическим ресурсом. Особое внимание уделяется концепции устойчивого лесопользования как...

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is built on a conceptual framework that links biodiversity to the services ecosystems provide to society. Based on this framework, we first compile market and non-market forest valuation studies and, secondly, explore the potential of an econometric modeling...

By using ad hoc value transfer protocols, this paper offers a methodological contribution and provides accurate per hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified following the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment taxonomy...

The use of forests as carbon sinks is examined by introducing carbon sequestration benefits' accounting in a multi-vintage land allocation model. Following the IPCC, three carbon accounting methods are considered. We compare the results in each case with those without carbon sequestration, as...