CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

SLANT Bhutan: Forest Ecosystem Services in Bhutan

Export citation

Mountain forest ecosystems provide a wide range of direct and indirect benefits to the people who live in the mountains and downstream. Occupying steep slopes at high elevation, Bhutan’s forest ecosystems provide services such as slope stabilization, regulation of hydrological cycles, maintenance of rich biodiversity and support for rural livelihoods. To manage these services sustainably, their diverse benefits must be recognized, assessed and valued. To date, there has been little assessment of forest ecosystem services in Bhutan, and particularly using field-based data.
Download:
    Publication year

    2019

    Authors

    CIFOR

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    mountain areas, ecosystem services, biodiversity, forest management, forest rehabilitation

    Geographic

    Bhutan

Related publications