economic approaches is undertaken for the Boreal Forest Natural Region of Alberta, Canada. We find a significant increase in …Ecological reserve networks are an important strategy for conserving biodiversity. One approach to selecting reserves … value, minimizing the cost of the reserve network. The configuration of the reserve network as well as the biodiversity …

economic approaches is undertaken for the Boreal Forest Natural Region of Alberta, Canada. We find a significant increase in …Ecological reserve networks are an important strategy for conserving biodiversity. One approach to selecting reserves … value, minimizing the cost of the reserve network. The configuration of the reserve network as well as the biodiversity …

A tax-fund system has been proposed to advance Swedish forest conservation. We present a choice experiment with Swedish … private forest owners on preferences for attributes of a tax-fund system. Focusing on three aspects: (i) freedom to choose set …-asides, (ii) equity issues, and (iii) frequency of nature inventories, we find two groups of forest owners. The first is opposed …

Forestland divestment by vertically integrated forest products companies (VIFPCs) has spurred significant forest … programs buffered these changes: 70% of large private ownership land was retained in the forest tax program and another 16% was … conservation programs shaped the provision of forest benefits during ownership transitions …