The value of various un-priced (non-wood) outputs or services from forests is becoming an increasingly important component of management planning. Managing natural resources requires timely access to the information on the economic value of the resources. The Contingent Valuation method offers a further advantage: it has the potential to estimate both use as well as non-use values associated with environmental amenities. Applied research in this area will improve our understanding of non-market forest values in WPN. However, a complete revelation of underlying, social preferences for un-priced values remains problematic.
Presented study compares of the performance of Scots pine plantations established with container−grown and bare−root seedlings. Silvicultural assessment was based on the comparison of survival rate, defect differentiation as well as height and diameter growth of plants depending on the type of the planting material used for renewal. Results show faster growth of the container−grown plants but their slightly lower survival rate. The economic evaluation was based on the comparison of total costs of establishing and managing both types of plantations depending on the initial density.