Forestland Conversion, Ecosystem Services, and Economic Issues for Policy: A Review
Forestland Conversion, Ecosystem Services, and Economic Issues for Policy: A Review, was to use the ecosystem service conceptual framework as a basis for understanding the ecological effects of forest land conversion, and as a basis for understanding the economic issues that arise in designing policies to conserve forest ecosystems. Ecosystems services are generally comprised of two distinct attributes: i) the direct products produced by ecosystems, and ii) the processes that produces the products.
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