000			00861nam a22001577a 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9780415623247
080			_a334.4.095.3:630*9 P14
100			_aShashi Kant and Alavalapati, Janaki R.R. (Ed)
245			_aHandbook of forest resource economics
260			_aRoutledge, Oxon _c2014
300			_a559
520			_aIt is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber. Forests provide other key ecosystem services, such as being sinks for greenhouse gases, hotspots of biodiversity, tourism and recreation. They are also vitally important in preventing soil erosion and controlling water supplies, as well as providing non-timber forest products and supporting the livelihoods of many local people.
653			_aForest economics; Timber; Natural resource; Forest ecology
942			_2udc _cBK
999			_c4412 _d4412