However, the results must be put into practice, so they need to be communicated effectively to policy makers and forest managers. A partnership between policy makers and researchers is essential to improve techniques for analysing the issues presented in pursuit of sustainable forest management and development. Researchers and practitioners in forest economics will need to recognise that governments are not their only client. Changes are occurring rapidly in how forests are managed, by whom and for what. To embrace these challenges, changes are imminent in the nature of forest economics.
Forests are a key part of the interface between humanity and the environment.