How to Correctly Assess the Value of a Forest

This book represents a unique point of view of the financial evaluation of all forest ecosystem services (production, support, regulation and cultural). The financial valuation methods described in this book also refer to the contribution they make to economic sectors. The determination of the monetary value of ecosystem services was carried out using several economic valuation methods, depending on the need and relevance for the target area of the case study. A forest is all the more economically valuable the more complex the capacity of ecological systems to provide ecosystem services. The reader may find answers and results in this book to help them account for all the benefits that a forest offers.