A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Forest Investment Framework as a Support Tool for the Sustainable Management of Planted Forests
Planted forest ecosystems provide a wide range of goods and services such as timber, carbon sequestration, and avoided erosion. However, only ecosystem services with market values (e.g., timber) are usually represented in decision making while those with non-market values (e.g., avoided erosion) that are difficult to quantify are often ignored. A spatial economic tool, the Forest Investment Framework (FIF), integrates data from forest growth models with spatial, biophysical, and economic data, to quantify the broader value of planted forests and to represent non-market values in sustainable forest management. In this paper, we have tested the applicability of FIF in three types of case studies: assessment of afforestation feasibility, regional economic analyses, and ecosystem service assessment. This study provides evidence that a spatial economic tool that quantifies the economic, environmental, and social values of the planted forest ecosystem is valuable in informing land management decisions for maintaining and enhancing the provision of market and non-market ecosystem services to society.
Forest Investment Framework as a Support Tool for the Sustainable Management of Planted Forests
Planted forest ecosystems provide a wide range of goods and services such as timber, carbon sequestration, and avoided erosion. However, only ecosystem services with market values (e.g., timber) are usually represented in decision making while those with non-market values (e.g., avoided erosion) that are difficult to quantify are often ignored. A spatial economic tool, the Forest Investment Framework (FIF), integrates data from forest growth models with spatial, biophysical, and economic data, to quantify the broader value of planted forests and to represent non-market values in sustainable forest management. In this paper, we have tested the applicability of FIF in three types of case studies: assessment of afforestation feasibility, regional economic analyses, and ecosystem service assessment. This study provides evidence that a spatial economic tool that quantifies the economic, environmental, and social values of the planted forest ecosystem is valuable in informing land management decisions for maintaining and enhancing the provision of market and non-market ecosystem services to society.
Forest Investment Framework as a Support Tool for the Sustainable Management of Planted Forests
Richard Yao (author) / David Palmer (author) / Barbara Hock (author) / Duncan Harrison (author) / Tim Payn (author) / Juan Monge (author)
2019
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
Metadata by DOAJ is licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0
Assessing the Broader Value of Planted Forests to Inform Forest Management Decisions
| DOAJ | 2021
Effectiveness of management interventions on forest carbon stock in planted forests in Nepal
| Online Contents | 2017
Water management and productivity in planted forests
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2014