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Ngwenya, P.; Hassan, Rashid M.. |
Economists and statisticians constructing the national income accounts usually overlook the many benefits derived by communities from natural forests and woodlands. This study attempted to impute a value for the ecosystem services of these resources in Swaziland employing an environmental accounting framework. The current measure of national income was found to underestimate GDP by 2% and under value national savings by 10% by not accounting for the flow and asset values of natural forests and woodlands. The study also revealed a very high dependence of the rural communities in Swaziland on natural forests and woodlands for their livelihoods as they derive more than 50% of the value of total household consumption expenditure from these resources. These... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31695 |
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