Empirical Estimates of Amenity Forest Values: A Comparative Review

摘要

Recent emphasis at the federal level is to examine resource uses for economic utility. This report is designed to help land and natural resource management planners interpret wildlife, wilderness, and general recreation values derived using economic methodologies. After a brief discussion of methods used to derive these values, this report evaluates and summarizes the net values of wildlife, wilderness, and general recreation found in empirical studies since the mid-1960's, to allow comparison of values reported using different methodologies and different units of measurement.