Report of the analyses of integrated assessment of values across case studies. Deliverable D2.3 of the research project.

One of the main objectives of the NEWFOREX project is the valuation of forest externalities, which considers the joint provision of these externalities. As the main valuation tool a set of Choice Experiment (CE) questionnaires was developed and implemented in five case-studies during year 2011. The implementation of the set of questionnaires demonstrates the application of the valuation method and how they are used for assessing values for selected key externalities within various regions in Europe. This deliverable 2.3 presents the main results of five empirical valuation studies conducted in Spain, Italy, Poland, Denmark and Finland. It consists of a short introduction to the design of valuation studies and the explanations of applied econometric models. Subsequently, each case study report is presented as a separate chapter with more or less the same structure. The case study reports first explain the content of the surveys and study designs by describing the rationale of choosing the attributes for CE experiments addressing the changes in production of key externalities as well as the proposed forest management changes considered. These sections are followed by a summary of data collection and a short description of the applied econometric models. The result parts present first the general results explaining attitudes towards and values of forest externalities. This is followed by the main body of empirical results from the valuation studies i.e. the results of the econometric models. Finally each case study draws main conclusions of their valuation study.