Supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and funding by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education from science funds
Project objective
Project objective is to increase social and environmental benefits from forests in Poland
- Establish basis for creation of market mechanisms for goods and services provided by forests, e.g. recreation, biodiversity, aesthetic functions, CO2 absorption and regulation of hydrological conditions.
- Development of methodology to support the decision-making process in creating long-term forest management strategies taking non-market benefits provided by forests into account.
- Improvement of economic situation of rural communities adjacent to forests through promoting alternative ways of forest exploitation as a source of income.
Project details
- Total project cost: 558 150 EUR.
- Completion period: 07/2008-04/2011.
- Project coordinator: prof. Dr hab. Tomasz Żylicz, Dr Anna Bartczak, Warsaw Ecological Economics Center (WEEC) at the Faculty of Economic Science, University of Warsaw.
