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Costs and Benefits of Halting Deforestation in the Paraguayan Chaco

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  • 발행기관
    강원대학교 산림과학연구소 바로가기
  • 간행물
    Journal of Forest and Environmental Science KCI 등재 바로가기
  • 통권
    제41권 제1호 (2025.03)바로가기
  • 페이지
    pp.8-17
  • 저자
    Risa Perea, Dong Hee Suh, Yowhan Son, Yongsung Cho
  • 언어
    영어(ENG)
  • URL
    https://www.earticle.net/Article/A465886

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The Gran Chaco forest is the second-largest forest in South America after the Amazon forest. It has experienced some of the world's highest deforestation rates, with cattle ranching identified as the primary driver of deforestation in the Paraguayan region of the Chaco. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the costs and benefits of halting deforestation and determine if saving forests would be more profitable than cattle ranching in the Paraguayan Chaco. Data from 80 cattle ranches and national data were analyzed to find the opportunity cost of giving up cattle ranching in the Paraguayan Chaco, and forest valuation and project costs were estimated. Results show that the mean opportunity cost, based on a 30-year project scenario, is 10.82 $/tCO2. The opportunity cost of giving up cattle ranching falls in the low range of carbon prices in the voluntary carbon market, meaning that the profits from preserving forests, especially from selling carbon credits, can exceed the profits of cattle ranching. The overall annual benefits of halting deforestation far outweigh the costs when considering the opportunity cost of cattle ranching and forest preservation project transaction costs for the entire Paraguayan Chaco by at least 115 times. Halting deforestation can be a viable alternative for stakeholders and is important for policymakers to acknowledge.

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Abstract
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References

키워드

deforestation Gran Chaco forest opportunity cost cost benefit analysis

저자

  • Risa Perea [ Department of Food and Resource Economics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea ]
  • Dong Hee Suh [ Department of Food and Resource Economics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea ]
  • Yowhan Son [ Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea ]
  • Yongsung Cho [ Department of Food and Resource Economics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea ] Corresponding Author

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발행기관

  • 발행기관명
    강원대학교 산림과학연구소 [Institute of Forest Science Kangwon National University]
  • 설립연도
    1975
  • 분야
    농수해양>임학
  • 소개
    강원대학교부설산림과학연구소(이하 “연구소”라 한다)는 산림에 관한 제반 학술적 연구를 통하여 산림자원의 효용을 밝히고 임업 및 임산업의 발전에 기여함을 목적으로 한다.

간행물

  • 간행물명
    Journal of Forest and Environmental Science [산림과학연구]
  • 간기
    계간
  • pISSN
    2288-9744
  • eISSN
    2288-9752
  • 수록기간
    1981~2025
  • 등재여부
    KCI 등재
  • 십진분류
    KDC 526 DDC 634

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