Shashi Kant is Professor of Forest Resource Economics and Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada. He is also leader of the Forest Resource Economics group of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. Janaki R. R. Alavalapati is Professor and Head, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

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• 1. Evolving Forest Resource Economic Thought Part 1: Fundamental Topics in Forest Resource Economics 2. The Faustmann Approach and the Catallaxy in Forestry 3. The Generalized Faustmann Formula 4. Temporal Aspects in Forest Economics 5. Forest Ownership, Policy and Economics 6. Timber Pricing 7. Forest Taxation 8. International Trade in Forest Resources Part 2: Economics of Forest Ecosystems 9. Choice Experiments and Valuing Forest Attributes 10. Economics of Old-Growth Forests 11. Valuation of Open Spaces in Urban Environment 12. Hunting Leases: Markets and Economic Implications 13. Economics of Agro-forestry 14. Payment for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from Developing Countries Part 3: Economics of Forests, Climate Change, and Bioenergy 15. Forests and Climate Change: Economic Perspectives 16. Economics of Forest Carbon Sequestration 17. Economic Supply of Carbon Storage through Management of Uneven-Aged Forests 18. Economics of Forest Biomass-based Energy 19. Economics of REDD+ Part 4: Economics of Risk, Uncertainty, and Natural Disturbances 20. Risk and Uncertainty in Forest Resource Decision Making 21. Modeling Natural Risks in Forest Decision Models by Means of Survival Functions 22. Real Option Analysis in Forest Management Decision Making 23. Economics and Planning of Biodiversity Conservation under Uncertainty of Climate Change 24. Economic Analysis of Biological Invasions in Forests Part 5: Economics of Forest Property Rights and Certification 25. Economic Implications of Forest Tenures 26. Economics of Evolution of Amazon Frontier 27. China’s Forestland Tenure Reforms: Redefining and Recontracting the Bundle of Rights 28. Economics of Conservation Easements 29. The Economics of Forest Certification and Corporate Social Responsibility Part 6: Emerging Issues and Developments 30. Forestry and the New Institutional Economics 31. Political Economy of Forestry 32. Game Theoretic Modeling in Forest Economics 33. Forest Resource Accounting 34. Forest Policy Modeling in an Economy-wide Framework 35. Twelve Unresolved Questions for Forest Economics – and Two Crucial Recommendations for Forest Policy Analysis

Shashi Kant is Professor of Forest Resource Economics and Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada. He is also leader of the Forest Resource Economics group of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. Janaki R. R. Alavalapati is Professor and Head, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

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• 1. Evolving Forest Resource Economic Thought Part 1: Fundamental Topics in Forest Resource Economics 2. The Faustmann Approach and the Catallaxy in Forestry 3. The Generalized Faustmann Formula 4. Temporal Aspects in Forest Economics 5. Forest Ownership, Policy and Economics 6. Timber Pricing 7. Forest Taxation 8. International Trade in Forest Resources Part 2: Economics of Forest Ecosystems 9. Choice Experiments and Valuing Forest Attributes 10. Economics of Old-Growth Forests 11. Valuation of Open Spaces in Urban Environment 12. Hunting Leases: Markets and Economic Implications 13. Economics of Agro-forestry 14. Payment for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from Developing Countries Part 3: Economics of Forests, Climate Change, and Bioenergy 15. Forests and Climate Change: Economic Perspectives 16. Economics of Forest Carbon Sequestration 17. Economic Supply of Carbon Storage through Management of Uneven-Aged Forests 18. Economics of Forest Biomass-based Energy 19. Economics of REDD+ Part 4: Economics of Risk, Uncertainty, and Natural Disturbances 20. Risk and Uncertainty in Forest Resource Decision Making 21. Modeling Natural Risks in Forest Decision Models by Means of Survival Functions 22. Real Option Analysis in Forest Management Decision Making 23. Economics and Planning of Biodiversity Conservation under Uncertainty of Climate Change 24. Economic Analysis of Biological Invasions in Forests Part 5: Economics of Forest Property Rights and Certification 25. Economic Implications of Forest Tenures 26. Economics of Evolution of Amazon Frontier 27. China’s Forestland Tenure Reforms: Redefining and Recontracting the Bundle of Rights 28. Economics of Conservation Easements 29. The Economics of Forest Certification and Corporate Social Responsibility Part 6: Emerging Issues and Developments 30. Forestry and the New Institutional Economics 31. Political Economy of Forestry 32. Game Theoretic Modeling in Forest Economics 33. Forest Resource Accounting 34. Forest Policy Modeling in an Economy-wide Framework 35. Twelve Unresolved Questions for Forest Economics – and Two Crucial Recommendations for Forest Policy Analysis