In this study we estimate the passive use value of forest in different ecological zones in the Mediterranean region. We … hectare for each country. The total annual amount of passive use value of the Mediterranean forest is about one billion … international dollars. The estimated passive use value of the forest from this study can be used to account for the social welfare …

millennia ago, population growth required the sacrifice of the forest to make way for crops, today forests are cut primarily for … profit, wood being one of the most precious commodities. It is true that in some parts of the world the forest is also … deforestation on many functions performed by the forest are evaluated, such as: carbon dioxide absorption and oxygen release …