Faustmann and the Invention of das Spiegel-Hypsometer

The first three papers in this issue were papers presented at the 150:th anniversary conference to honor the appearance of Martin Faustmann’s famous paper in Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung, Berechnung des Wertes, welchen Waldboden, sowie noch nicht haubare Holzbestände für die Waldwirtschaft besitzen. The paper was reprinted in an English version in the first issue of this journal under the title Calculation of the Value which Forest Land and Immature Stands Possess for Forestry (J.F.E., 1995, 1, 7–44).

The conference took place 3–6 October 1999, outside Darmstadt at the Jagdschloss, Babenhausen in the vicinity...