Szárazföldünk élővilágának meghatározó alkotói az erdők. A földnek közel a harmadát borítják erdei életközösségek, amelyek szerepe meghatározó az emberiség és számos élőlény fennmaradásában és jólétében. Az egyes kontinensek erdősültsége különböző és...

The aim of this paper is to take stock of the situation regarding the main types of damage to forests and their respective economic consequences, with reference to a case study in the Italian Alps (Trentino province). Each kind of damage (wind and snow, defoliation, fire and tillage) has been...

The main topic of the project is the application of electronic data collection using the web interface to the research of the socio-economic importance of forest functions. A unique system for data collection, the provision of evidence and processing was designed. The system leads to the...

The flows of natural resources, goods and services (air quality, soil fertility etc.) from ecosystems are the natural capital of the economies. Among these flows the ecosystem services are critic and in decline. It has been underlined the need for ecosystem accounting techniques to study the...