Forest Value: More than Commercial. Paul, C. & Knoke, T. 354(6319):1541.
Forest Value: More than Commercial [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
[Excerpt] [...] Postulating a positive relation between tree species richness and commercial value could potentially have adverse environmental consequences. For example, concluding that megadiverse tropical forests have innate commercial value would make it unnecessary to supplement this supposed value with rewards for landowners who preserve their native forests. Landowners might then continue to convert such forests to profitable monocultures [...] which have real commercial value. Species-rich forests indeed have an extremely high conservation and ecosystem service value, but their commercial value is often low. [...]
@article{paulForestValueMore2016,
  title = {Forest Value: More than Commercial},
  author = {Paul, Carola and Knoke, Thomas},
  date = {2016-12},
  journaltitle = {Science},
  volume = {354},
  pages = {1541},
  issn = {1095-9203},
  doi = {10.1126/science.aal2499},
  url = {http://mfkp.org/INRMM/article/14232406},
  abstract = {[Excerpt] [...] Postulating a positive relation between tree species richness and commercial value could potentially have adverse environmental consequences. For example, concluding that megadiverse tropical forests have innate commercial value would make it unnecessary to supplement this supposed value with rewards for landowners who preserve their native forests. Landowners might then continue to convert such forests to profitable monocultures [...] which have real commercial value. Species-rich forests indeed have an extremely high conservation and ecosystem service value, but their commercial value is often low. [...]},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-14232406,~to-add-doi-URL,biodiversity,controversial-monetarisation,forest-management,forest-resources,integration-techniques,multi-criteria-decision-analysis,neglecting-non-monetary-criteria,science-policy-interface,species-richness},
  number = {6319}
}

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