Modelling, Valuing and Managing Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems for Non-Timber Goods and Services
Mediterranean forest ecosystems provide multiple non-timber forest products and services which are crucial for the socio-economic development of the rural and urban areas of the Mediterranean region. On one hand, in the Northern Mediterranean sub-region, the socio-economic changes of the last decades, triggered by the urbanization of our society and better living standards, have lead to an increase in the demand of the social and environmental functions of our forests. This had a positive effect in the economic importance of some non-wood products (pine-nuts, mushrooms, aromatic plants, etc) and different forest services (CO2 sequestration, recreation, nature conservation, etc). At the same time, rural areas have experienced a lack of manpower and a decrease in the profitability of traditional forestry, which has lead to land abandonment and accumulation of forest fuels. This had a strong effect in increasing the risk of forest fires in the last decades. On the other hand, in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean sub-regions, non-timber forest products still are relevant primary resources, in particular silvopastoralism, for the subsistence of local economies, while some forest environmental functions (fight against desertification, regulation of the micro-climate, regulating water resources, etc) are key for the sustainable development of these societies. This framework requires new approaches in forest management and planning as well as in forest policy and economics to address the complexity and multifunctionality of the Mediterranean forests. The international scientific seminar “Modelling, valuing and managing Mediterranean forest ecosystems for non-timber goods and services” organized by EFIMED and the Universidad de Valladolid (Forestry School of Palencia) in 26–27 October 2007 brought together Mediterranean scientists from relevant disciplines (forest ecology, forest management, applied economics, operations research, and information technologies, etc.) in order to discuss and present the latest scientific methods and results on modelling, valuing and managing non-timber products and services in different Mediterranean countries.
- Ψηφιακό Αρχείο: https://www.efi.int/sites/default/files/files/publication-bank/2018/proc57_net.pdf
- Εκδότης: European Forest Institute (EFI)
- Δημιουργός: Palahi Marc, Yves Birot, Felipe Bravo and Elena Gorriz (editors)
- Πηγή: EFI
- Ιστότοπος: https://www.efi.int/sites/default/files/files/publication-bank/2018/proc57_net.pdf
- Γλώσσα: Αγγλική
- Άδεια Χρήσης: Ελεύθερη χρήση/διανομή (public domain - open access)
- Έτος: 2009
- Βιβλιογραφία: Palahi Marc, Yves Birot, Felipe Bravo and Elena Gorriz (editors). 2009. Modelling, Valuing and Managing Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems for Non-Timber Goods and Services. EFI Proceedings No. 57. European Forest Institute, Finland. 195 p.
