... watershed ($41.8/tCO₂e) and much lower in Ludikhola watershed ($2.4/tCO₂e) when empirical estimates of annual expenditure in community forests are included in the analysis. The incorporation of annual expenditure estimates and opportunity cost of sequestered carbon (in the form...

... for households. Results show that low opportunity costs and low human capital, two strong correlates of rural poverty, significantly explain the degree of participation in xate extraction. This gives reasons to be moderately optimistic about the poverty-reduction potential of programs that successfully...

...% for national forests, and 55% for other forests. © 2000 Riccardo Scarpa, Joseph Buongiorno, Jiin-Shyang Hseu, and Karen Lee Abt 2000 Riccardo Scarpa, Joseph Buongiorno, Jiin-Shyang Hseu, and Karen Lee Abt Licensed re-use rights only amenity Markov model multiple use opportunity cost...