Studies using a complex adaptive systems (CAS) framework to understand resource and environmental issues such as climate change adaptation in forest policy development often propose policy options intended to promote improved on-the-ground policy outcomes. Like many CAS-inspired works in other...

The literature that supports assigning economic value to ecosystem services (ES) has been identified as a topic for discussion. The challenges of economic valuation is a pressing issue, yet the knowledge and barriers associated with them are of equal significance. Specific policy mechanisms that...

A synthesis of current approaches to managing the non-timber values linked to forest ecosystems is key to understanding questions related to ecosystem services. Issues of note include: examining whether valuing ecosystem services, and creating new markets for them can lead to forest management....