Valuing forest ecosystem services for local policy and planning in a forest management project site in the Philippines

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dc.coverageAsia
dc.coveragePhilippines
dc.creatorBugayong, L. A., Casin, M. C. S., Codilan, A. L., et al.
dc.date2025-08-25T14:55:35Z
dc.date2025-08-25T14:55:35Z
dc.date2022
dc.date2025-08-25T14:52:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T23:14:29Z
dc.descriptionIn developing and implementing forest land use plans to attain sustainable forest governance, it is necessary to determine and value priority ecosystem services derived by society from forest and watershed ecosystems. This study aimed at estimating the value of four ecosystem services in a forest management project site in Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino provinces, Philippines: provision of water services, soil erosion control, carbon storage and sequestration capacity, and biodiversity conservation. The Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) tool was used to value water provision services (using a cost-based approach), soil erosion control (using replacement cost method), and carbon storage and sequestration capacity (using social cost of carbon). Contingent valuation method was used to determine the willingness to pay for biodiversity conservation. BAU and Development scenarios were used in determining changes in forest and other land uses in the site as well as estimating the value of the ecosystem services. Results show increases in forestland area and amounts of carbon storage and sequestration, decreasing annual water yield due to projected declining rainfall amount, and decrease in total annual soil loss. Mean WTP is PhP170 (~ US$ 3.50)/household/year. The estimated values of the four ecosystem services provide baseline information for local governments in crafting payment for ecosystem services strategies to help fund forest conservation.Keywords: policies, financial mechanisms, sustainable forest management, governanceID: 3486628
dc.format8 p.
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dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc4835en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/275823
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFAO ;
dc.rightsNon-FAO
dc.rightsCC BY NC SA 3.0 IGO
dc.titleValuing forest ecosystem services for local policy and planning in a forest management project site in the Philippines
dc.titleXV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
dc.typeArticle

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