The report is a synthesis of country reports on the status of non-wood goods and services in seven countries: Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States, with quantitative information on non-wood goods (food, fodder, plant products etc.), environmental services (protection, water, global climatic effects, biodiversity, local environmental functions) and social and cultural services (hunting and fishing, leisure and tourism, aesthetic and scenic values, cultural and spiritual values, scientific and historical values).