Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYdMhFSbAWs

06-06-2012 12:19 April 19, 2012 - Session developed by Brad Ewing (Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center). Presentations by Trista Patterson (USFS PNW Research Station), Colin Beier (SUNY), Steve Colt (U. of Alaska Anchorage), David Saah (Spatial Analytics Informatics Group), Marc Conte (Stanford University), and Sarah Klain (U. of British Columbia) Session Abstract: The Pacific coastal temperate rainforest of North America provides a wide range of ecosystem services that are vital to human health and livelihood. Collectively, these services can be grouped into the following categories: provisioning (eg food, forest products, and fresh water), regulating (eg carbon sequestration, purification of water and air, and pest control), supporting (eg soil formation, nutrient cycling, and primary production), and cultural services (eg recreation, scientific discovery, and spiritual enlightenment). This session will include presentations on (1) incorporating demands for ecosystem services—alongside studies that focus on increasing or maintaining the supply of ecosystem services—to increase the value of various initiatives throughout the region, (2) integrating supply-side and demand-side measures of ecosystem services to inform adaptive management, (3) utilizing ecosystem service valuations to inform policy decision making, (4) quantifying, throughout the chain of production, the impacts from shifting to wood-based energy in rural communities, (5) utilizing economics and ecosystem services to inform ...

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Ecosystem Services in the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest of North America - Video