India Environment Portal Knowledge for change

Taking root

• 30/07/2005

I n India, forest evaluation is an emergent practice. And those that have done so have realised its immense utility: the benefits from Himachal Pradesh's (hp's) forests, Verma's evaluation shows, are 2.61 times the value of the growing stock, 980 times the total expenditure incurred by the state's forestry sector and 2,607 times the revenue realised by the forests annually. Armed with this knowledge, in 2002

• Tags:
  • Forests
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Water Supply
  • Carbon Sinks
  • Nathpa Jhakri HP
  • Great Himalayan NP
  • Net Present Value (NPV)
  • Benefit Sharing
  • India
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Bhopal (T)

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