Valuing a Sustainable Harvest in Ecuador

Location: Jatun Sacha Biological Station (NTFP = Non-timber forest products)

Land Use

Net Present Value per hectare

NTFP - Upland Plot A

$2,939

NTFP - Upland Plot B

$2,721

NTFP - Alluvial Plot C

$1257

Agriculture

<$500

Cattle Ranching

$57 - $287

Local Land Prices

$50 - $220

Timber - Upland Plot A

$188

(discount rate=5%

Source: Grimes et al. 1994

Valuing a Sustainable Harvest in Peru

Location: Rio Nanay, Mishana, Peru

Land Use

Net Present Value per hectare

Sustainable fruit, latex, and timber harvest

$6,820

Sustainable fruit and latex harvest

$6,330

Timber from Gmelina plantation

$3,184

Cattle Ranching

$2,960

Timber

$1,001

(discount rate=5%

Source: Peters et al. 1989