This work presents evidence from three different valuation studies on the infl uence of gender in the formation of forestry-related values. Previous studies examined gender differences without explicitly considering their interaction with other explanatory variables. Three separate studies dealing with forest-related goods and services, revealed statistically signifi cant differences in peoples' preferences, especially between older women and older men, and older and younger women. In these

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... ies, although there was no overall difference in preferences attributable to gender, there were signifi cant differences related to age and income, in combination with gender.