Soil resources depreciation and deforestation: Philippine case study in resource accounting

dc.coveragePhilippines
dc.date2023-10-13T09:26:58Z
dc.date2023-10-13T09:26:58Z
dc.date1998
dc.date2019-05-28T17:07:24.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-28T00:21:30Z
dc.descriptionThis paper presents the results of an attempt to derive a damage function for soil loss using 20-year data projected through the application of the Erosion Productivity Index Calculator or EPIC in one soil conservation project site in the Philippines. For the asset value method, the study assumes a constant rent over the life span of the soil resource, assumed to be 30 years, which is the period in which all the topsoil is expected to be lost through erosion under condition of erosive farming pr actices. With a constant rent assumption, however, the economic measure of soil depreciation simply measures the change in the value of the asset due to the declining value of money over time. The paper also presents an estimate based on an assumption that 50% of the value of nutrients are lost through soil erosion. The study assumes that only 50% of the nutrients available in the soils are taken up by the crops. The rest are lost through various natural processes.
dc.format44
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AB604E
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-ab604e.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/306898
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationForest Finance: Working Paper
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleSoil resources depreciation and deforestation: Philippine case study in resource accounting
dc.typeBook (stand-alone)

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