Ecosystem Services in Forests: How to assess and value them? Nordic Workshop, Oslo, Thursday 13th September 2012 – Conference report

A Nordic Workshop on 'Ecosystem Services in Forests – how to assess and value them' was held in Oslo Thursday the 13 of September 2012. During the day, 13 presentations were made, and altogether 41 participants had the opportunity to discuss the way forward and to formulate issues and research fields as recommendations to the Nordic Council of Ministers. This report presents a synthesis of the presentations and provides a brief summary of issues that were raised in the discussions. The workshop addressed both current knowledge of services as well as challenges and possibilities related to assessment and valuation, and challenged participants to formulate new and important issues based on their respective fields of expertise.

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