Summary
Biodiversity is essential for healthy ecosystems. It supports key processes like producing plant material, breaking down dead matter, controlling pests, and pollinating plants. These processes lead to benefits for people, such as timber, climate regulation, recreation, and protecting wildlife.
This report looks at how we can include the value of biodiversity in economic studies that guide forest management and policy. It reviews how forestry decisions currently consider biodiversity and offers suggestions for filling in the gaps in our knowledge.
