How Much is the Amazon Worth? The State of Knowledge Concerning the Value of Preserving Amazon Rainforests

This paper surveys the current state of knowledge concerning the value of the Amazon rainforest, including a survey of work to date to quantify changes in economic values when the rainforest cover changes. The focus is on local and regional impacts of forest loss or protection, including both gross values of forest protection and opportunity costs of converting the forest to other uses including agriculture. Important gross value items surveyed are timber and non-timber product extraction from a sustainably maintained rainforest; local values of eco-tourism; biological resources including bio-prospecting; a range of hydrological impacts including watershed protection, hydropower production, and changes in rainfall patterns; and impacts of forest fires and their control. Mapping such values in geographical space is of high value for implementing efficient and effective (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation ) programs for protecting the remaining forest. The current data basis for such mapping is found to be quite weak and in need of improvement for all value elements.

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Main Authors:	May, Peter H., Silveira Soares-Filho, Soares-Filho, Strand, Jon
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-10
Subjects:	ABOVEGROUND FOREST BIOMASS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AEROSOLS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL USES, AIR, AMAZON DEFORESTATION, AMAZON FOREST, AMAZON RAINFOREST, ANIMAL, ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON EMISSIONS, ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, ATLANTIC FOREST, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC CARBON, ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION, ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION, ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS, ATMOSPHERIC WATER, BASES, BATS, BEAR, BEES, BENEFIT ANALYSIS, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, BIOMASS, BIOMASS BURNING, BIOSPHERE, BRAZILIAN AMAZON, BUFFER AREAS, BUFFER ZONES, BUSH MEAT, CARBON, CARBON BIOMASS, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON MARKET, CARBON MARKETS, CARBON POLICY, CARBON RELEASE, CARBON STOCK, CARBON STOCKS, CARBON SUPPLY, CARBON VALUES, CATTLE, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE EFFECTS, CLIMATOLOGY, CLOUDS, CO, CO2, COASTAL ZONES, COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, COMMERCIAL FISHING, COMMERCIAL USES, CONSERVATION AREAS, CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, CONSERVATIONISTS, CONTINGENT VALUATION, DEFORESTATION RATES, DEFORESTATION SCENARIOS, DROUGHT, DRY SEASON, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECOSYSTEM, EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION, EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION, ELECTRICITY, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EMISSIONS IMPACTS, EMPIRICAL STUDIES, ENDEMIC SPECIES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION, EQUILIBRIUM, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXOTIC SPECIES, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNALITIES, EXTRACTIVE ACTIVITIES, FERTILIZATION, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISH, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, FIXED COSTS, FLAMMABILITY, FLUXES OF CARBON, FOREST AREA, FOREST BIOME, FOREST CARBON, FOREST CARBON STOCKS, FOREST CLEARING, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST CONVERSION, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST DIEBACK, FOREST DISTURBANCE, FOREST DWELLERS, FOREST ECOLOGY, FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, FOREST EDGES, FOREST FIRE, FOREST FIRES, FOREST FLOOR, FOREST FRAGMENTATION, FOREST FRAGMENTS, FOREST LAND, FOREST LOSS, FOREST LOSSES, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST PROTECTION, FOREST RECOVERY, FOREST RESTORATION, FOREST USE, FOREST VALUATION, FORESTRY, FORESTRY SYSTEMS, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS, FUELS, GCM, GENETIC, GENETIC MATERIAL, GENETIC RESOURCE, GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE, GHGS, GLOBAL CARBON BALANCE, GLOBAL DEFORESTATION, GLOBAL FOREST, GLOBAL WARMING, GOLD, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS ABSORPTION, HUMIDITY, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE, HYDROLOGY, INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS, IPCC, IRON, ISSUES, LAND RESOURCES, LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE, LAND USES, LOCAL FOREST PRODUCTS, LOGGING, LOSS OF FOREST, LOW-CARBON, MAGNESIUM, MARKET PRICES, MIGRATION, NATIVE SPECIES, NATURAL CAPITAL, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NON-USE VALUES, OIL, OILS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, OPTION VALUE, ORGANIC MATTER, PALM, PASTURE, PASTURES, PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PHARMACEUTICALS, PHYSICS, PLANT, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLLINATION, POLLINATORS, PP, PRECIPITATION, PRESENT VALUE, PRICE CHANGES, PRIVATE INFORMATION, PRODUCTION COSTS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINFOREST COVER, RAINFORESTS, REDUCING EMISSIONS, RELATIVE VALUE, RESERVES, RIVER BASINS, SAVANNA, SINK, SMOKE, SOUTHERN OSCILLATION, SPATIAL PATTERNS, SPECIES CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE LOGGING, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS, TIMBER, TIMBER EXTRACTION, TIMBER FOREST, TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT, TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT EXTRACTION, TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS, TIMBER HARVESTING, TIMBER MANAGEMENT, TIMBER PRICES, TIMBER PRODUCTION, TIMBER PRODUCTS, TOURISM, TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, TREE, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, TROPICAL FOREST, TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION, TROPICAL FORESTS, TROPICS, UNEP, USE VALUE, VEGETATION, WATER QUALITY, WATERSHED, WILDLIFE, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, evaluation methods,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18420593/much-amazon-worth-state-knowledge-concerning-value-preserving-amazon-rainforests https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16883
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