Uncovering the hidden harvest : valuation methods for woodland and forest resources / edited by Bruce M. Campbell and Martin K. Luckert.

Includes bibliographical references.

Towards understanding the role of forests in rural livelihoods / Bruce M. Campbell and Martin K. Luckert -- Quantitative methods for estimating the economic value of resource use to rural households / William Cavendish -- Understanding local and regional markets for forest products / Michele Veeman -- An introduction to approaches and issues for measuring non-market values in developing economies / Peter C. Boxall and Tom Beckley -- Economic decision-making frameworks for considering resource values : procedures, perils and promise / Terrence S. Veeman and Martin K. Luckert.

Participatory methods for exploring livelihood values derived from forests : potential and limitations / Nontokozo Nemarundwe and Michael Richards -- Searching for synthesis : integrating economic perspectives with those from other disciplines / Bev Sithole, Peter Frost and Terrence S. Veeman -- Expanding our conceptual and methodological understanding of the role of trees and forests in rural livelihoods / Martin K. Luckert and Bruce M. Campbell.

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Forests and woodlands provide an enormous range of goods and services to society from timber and firewood to medicinal plants watershed protection destinations for tourists and sacred sites. Only when these are understood and valued can forests and their resources be properly managed and conserved. This work shows how the complicated network of benefits can be untangled and sets out the different approaches needed to value them. It covers the analysis of plant-based markets non-market valuation and decision frameworks such as cost-benefit analysis.

English.

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