Forward -- Preface -- 1. The Risk to Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services: a Framework for the Ecosystem Service Atlas -- 2. The Ecosystem Service Concept: Linking Ecosystems and Human Wellbeing- 3. The Link Between Diversity, Ecosystem Functions and Ecosystem Services -- 4. Embracing Community Resilience in Ecosystem Management and Research -- 5. Risk and Uncertainty as Sources of Economic Value …
This book describes the changing landscape of European forest ownership and explores the impact a new, often urban, generation of forest owners may have on the future of one of our most basic resources – forests. Forests have not played a major role in rural studies thus far, however they constitute an important part of many rural areas. Drawing on Swedish cases and comparison cases from vari…