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MeetingMechanisms and economic incentives for: i) Mitigation of climate change effects, ii) Protection of biodiversity (wildlife) and conservation of ecosystem services, and iii) Restoration of forests and landscapes
Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission, 30th Session Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 25 -29 September 2017
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ArticleAssessment and value of ecosystem services of Mukogodo forest landscape, Kenya
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.In Kenya, land degradation is caused by a growing human population, poor land-use practices, and a lack of appreciation of the economic costs of degradation among other factors. One of the landscapes facing land degradation is the Mukogodo. There is empirical evidence that most environmental degradation is driven largely by a lack of appreciation of the economic values of ecosystem services provided by natural landscapes. The purpose of this study was to determine the economic value of the Mukogodo landscape. Data on forest use and benefits from the landscape were collected from 230 households using structured and semi-structured questionnaires and supplemented with Focus Group Discussions, Key Informant Interviews, and rapid market surveys of key forest products in urban townships. Carbon stocks assessment was undertaken from fifty-one (51) temporary sample plots established across six vegetation classes applying the National sampling framework procedures. Economic values of Ecosystem services were estimated using Market prices, Contingent valuation, Cost-based, and Benefit Transfer (BT) techniques. The total economic value (TEV) of the Mukogodo landscape was about KES 9.1billion /year (US$ 85million /year). Regulating and supporting services formed the bulk of TEV of about 50%, emphasizing the importance of intangible use values in the landscape sustainable management. This paper has highlighted the contribution of the Mukogodo landscape to the local economy. This information can influence the attitudes of stakeholders and increase commitments to the sustainable management of the landscape. Keywords: Ecosystem Services, Total economic Value (TEV), Landscape, Livelihoods, sustainable ID: 3485318 -
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UNCCD COP12, 13-15.10.2015, Ankara, Turkey
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