Recreation benefits constitute a substantial part of the total economic value of forests, and are important for the choice of multi-functional forest policies. The application of methods valuing such benefits is in its infancy in transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), so value...

With the objective to offer contributions to resolve ecological, social and economic problems in Amazonia, Brazil's sustainable production of palm oil legislation has the specific goal of mobilising public administrations, private business, social aid agencies and family farmers with the...

Every year from 2000 to 2010, our planet lost native forests roughly the size of Costa Rica (FAO 2010). This rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world’s atmosphere, the level of biodiversity, and the presence of vegetation key to maintaining watershed...

China implemented the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) during 2001–2010, which led to the conversion of millions of hectares of marginal croplands to forests across 25 provinces involving 124million people and costing the government 233billionYuan. The objective of this study was to...

Mangrove forests and swamps are rapidly declining in many parts of the world. This has resulted in the loss of important environmental and economic functions and products, including forest products, tidal wave control, breeding ground for fish etc. One of the major threats to mangroves in the...

The Indian Ocean tsunami has increased interest in replanting mangroves as natural storm barriers. This paper analyzes the household decision to replant mangroves in four case study villages in Thailand in line with existing studies on the voluntary contribution to step-level public goods and...

The paper investigates the economic impacts of selected policies included in the Master Plan for Forestry Development, a 25-year plan (1991-2015) formulated in order to propagate forest resources in the Philippines. A computable general equilibrium (CGE) inodel based on ORANI, a multi-sectoral...