Valuing Mediterranean forests : towards total economic value / edited by Maurizio Merlo and Lelia Croitoru.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merlo, Maurizio.

Croitoru, Lelia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Economic aspects--Mediterranean Region.

Forests and forestry.

Forest policy--Mediterranean Region.

Forest policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford : CABI Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic value of Mediterranean forests, including not only the more obvious benefits (e.g. timber), but also the less commonly-measured public goods (e.g. tourism and conservation) that these forests provide. It brings together forest valuations at the national level from eighteen Mediterranean countries, based on extensive local data collection, and thus allows comprehensive analyses within countries as well as comparative analyses across countries. Forest benefits were classified within the Total Economic Value (TEV) framework.

Contents:

Contributors; Foreword; Dedication and Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The State of Mediterranean Forests; 3 Concepts and Methodology: a First Attempt Towards Quantification; 4 Mediterranean Forest Values; 5 Morocco; 6 Algeria; 7 Tunisia; 8 Egypt; 9 Palestine; 10 Israel; 11 Lebanon; 12 Syria; 13 Turkey; 14 Cyprus; 15 Greece; 16 Albania; 17 Croatia; 18 Slovenia; 19 Italy; 20 France; 21 Spain; 22 Portugal; 23 Institutional and Policy Implications in the Mediterranean Region

24 Decentralization and Participation: Key Challenges for Mediterranean Public Forest Policy 25 The Need for an International Agreement on Mediterranean Forests; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-90838-6

9786610908387

1-84593-018-5

OCLC:

79459958